Asked about the rumours linking Atlético Madrid forward and Argentinian international Sergio 'Kun' Agüero (20) with Barcelona (read more here), Atlético Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has said in an interview with Catalan radio station RAC-1 that he doesn't think the Argentinian striker will join Barcelona one day:
"I think that football fans will only be able to see Messi and Agüero play together with the Argentinian national team."
Earlier this week, when asked about rumours linking Agüero with English Premier League club Manchester City, Cerezo said to journalists that he was calm about the issue: "Those rumours don't worry me. I think that football players play where they want to play and that Agüero wants to play with Atlético because he's very happy with the team and the city. At this moment I'm more worried about Barcelona than about Manchester City."
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Saturday, 4 October 2008
Transfer of Aguero to Barcelona is unlikely
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They claimed the same thing for Torres but they sold him anyway (and most important for relatively low price-30M). I'd like to see him wearing Barca shirt but it would be very difficult, just like Benzema. They'll ask the world for these players.
i dont know...
aguero is diffrent.
i have yet to decipher his game...
He is not the typical Argentinian striker like Crespo, Batistuta or Palermo.
He looks like these smaller faster more agile players like Messi, Aimar and so on...
But he is not. he is pretty strong for his size, has great speed and ball control. He is like a Messi built to be a striker!
I Wouldnt mind see them co-operate while henry wears the Atletico shirt... The problem is we got Bojan and Eto...?
I think Torres was more, HouseMD. Some 37-38 million euro? Aguero has a clause (50-60 million?) but it's this president says himself: it the player at certain points wants to go, it's always difficult to keep him.
I think that if Atletico wouldn't qualify for the Champions League this season, it will get dificult he will stay, certainly now that he has tasted from it.
Personally I'm not really a fan of him because I think it would be difficult to get him a place in our 4-3-3. Like Dan I'm still kind of figuring out what kind of player he actually is.
@ djoef: I just found some article at Wikipedia about Torres, and it says Liverpool payed him around 20-25M pounds. So,I think it isn't much more than 30M. But, never mind. I just regret Barca didn't get him instead of Henry. That's huge mistake.
I don't know what to say about Aguero, but I think his far better than Benzema (just my opinion). But as I said he'll be very expensive. If they want 50-60M buyout clause than I say no. It would be better to create an own player, just like Bojan. In the other case, maybe buying some bench role attacker who will be cover for Eto'o (someone like Pogrebnyak for example).
P.S. does anybody know if Torrente (S. Segura) coming to today's match? He's Atletico fan :)) -what a fat bastard!
aguero would be the best option for barcelona. if we'd have two world class striker like messi and aguero in our team, the opponents would have a lot of problems to mark both with defenders.
messi would have more space. that would be a great new era.
50-60 mio euro are nothing for a player like aguero. in one or two years his price will surely rise to 80-100 mio.
they had to get him for this season but they didn't. i think after this season it will be the last chance for barca.
the premier league clubs would surely offer a lot of money... more than we can do.
Personally, if we're going to keep Messi, we don't need Aguero, and certainly not at 50-60 million.
I'd much rather see the money spent on some real attacking options that open up the offensive possibilities for the side. There's still that big, strong "9" that Guardiola is craving, and if we're going to throw a ton of money at a player, as I've said before, throw it at Theo Walcott.
His pace just rips open a game, and he is now developing passing and crossing ability to go with that pace. And he's young. Very young. We might have to dangle something such as Yaya+cash, but the emergence of Busquets makes that a possibility, as much as it would pain me to not see Yaya rumbling around, defending the colors.
We already have goalscorers. At the end of this season, we are going to have to replace Eto'o and Henry. The latter, I think, has had enough of Barcelona, while the former will be in the last year of his contract, and we won't want to lose him on a free transfer.
Those are immense holes that will need filling. Aguero isn't Eto'o or Henry. He's the kind of striker we already have, particularly when Messi plays a well-advanced role.
@Kxevin: you still think that Eto'o should be replaced at the end of the season? I definitely don't see why. He's real No."9", and it would be stupid to spend enormous money for the other one.
And BTW, Wenger will never sell Walcott. There's no money in the world he'll accept for his best players.
I agree with you in one thing, Barca will need replacement for Henry, I hope he'll leave Barca as soon as possible. He didn't convince anyone with his recent performances.
@ Kvexin
I agree with u that currently Barca does not need Aguero as we have Eto'o as well as Messi. Both of them are able to score goals.
However, I won't agree with the statement in long term basis. Nowadays, Eto'o is playing quite well but he is no longer able to score goal as regularly as before. Eto'o has showed some signs of deterioration in terms of goalscoring. He is no longer a player who is able to fight for Footballer of the year.
On the other hand, Messi is an excellant forward or attacking midfield but not a "no.9". Although Messi is able to score goals, yet he does not have the shooting ability that a "no.9" striker should has. Messi lacks accuracy.
Aguero has the "no.9" striker shooting power and accuracy. His finishing ability is none other than excellant. Bear in mind that now he is just in At.Madrid and he does not take any penalties yet able to score so many goals. If Aguero goes to major clubs like Barca or R.Madrid, he sure will become a new goal machine with good strength and skills. He will be a regular top goal scorer. Nonetheless, Aguero is not so good at heading. But, neither Eto'o, Messi nor Henry have better heading ability.
So, Aguero is a striker that we already have in this season but not in the future. Our strikers are on the down-going trend but Aguero is on the up-going trend. He is the best replacement for Eto'o.
Some people may say Eto'o currently runs the whole pitch to open up opponent's defence yet Aguero can't.
Certainly, Aguero is not a striker who will run all over the pitch. However, he has his own ability to open up defence. Also, why do we need a striker to run all over to open up defence for others (who does not have "no.9" scoring ability) to score? Why do we need to sacrifice our only striker on the pitch to do attacking midfield's works? This is why Barcelona can only score 1 or 2 goals in spite of so many chances created.
In other words, put a "no.9" on positions where he should be and let him open up defence wall only when necessary. Let a good winger/attacking midfield to open up defence for the "no.9". Not the other way round. (Henry does not have enough of this ability; Inesta starts to show this ability.)
Kun reminds me of Romario in some aspects of the game and I am sure he will win the pichichi-title some day. I would love it for Kun to join Barca, but i don't see it happening. Atlético will do anything to keep him from Barca because we are in the same league. Too bad, though.
I don't think Aguero is able to play centre forward with us. He's one of those players who need space, just like Henry is. Those players are great at Arsenal/Atlético but to succeed as striker at Barcelona you should have that something extra that I don't think Aguero has either. He's a player for 4-4-2.
For me, we need to get a real left winger and a real scorer in the middle as back-up for Eto'o (unless Bojan would make anotehr step this season), then we're there.
Aguero is too much of the same. Xavi, Hleb, Iniesta, Messi, Bojan... Get us finally someone who can score with his head for example, so we have a different option when the inital plan doesn't work.
HouseMD, I just said that Eto'o would be sold. I didn't say that in my opinion he "should be" replaced. There have been no realistic talks regarding an Eto'o extension, and he was on the block in the summer transfer window. Next season will be his last under contract with us if he isn't renewed, making the odds of a cut-rate sale to get some money out of the deal a strong possibility.
He didn't as much play his way back into the good graces of management as much as he dug his heels in, made himself unsellable, then turned in some great play, thus "justifying" the "decision" not to sell him.
He might have a great season and would be renewed. I wouldn't put that outside the realm of possibility. But he isn't the man he once was, and is becoming less so by the day. If he was hard to sell this summer past, next transfer season is going to be crazy. I'm sure the hopes are that he has a great season, to justify either keeping him or facilitating his sale.
Anyone who watched the Atletico/Marseille Champions League match saw in Aguero what we already have in Messi. A player who roams the front line, pretty much playing where he wants. Why have two of those, particularly since Aguero can't be bothered with playing defense, as Messi does?
I think you're right about Wenger/Walcott, HouseMD. But I sure would ask the question.
Oh. And Eto'o isn't a proper "9." He has those tendencies. When thinking of a Barca-style "9," think Kluivert. Of players doing their thing today, think Adebayor, Drogba when he's healthy, or Ibrahimovic.
Note: Henry isn't a proper "9" either, though he's about as close as anyone we have.
can u guys jst stop mentioning Adebayor in the same breathe as Eto, Henry and Drogba. I hope we have backups who would get us goals when u gus finally get him cos he misses more than he converts! I watch the prem every weekend, I live in London. Adebayor would fraustrate all of you who want him. I wouldnt be shocked/dissappointed cos am not expecting much form him.
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