Trust Sergio Aguero to lift the gloom at Manchester City. Wednesday's disappointing 2-1 defeat by CSKA Moscow had left the Blues on the brink of an early Champions League exit. Sergio Aguero with store staff after his book signing session at the Etihad Stadium on ThursdayIt had also left a cloud over Manuel Pellegrini's expensively-assembled squad with the likes of Fernando, Fernandinho, Eliaquim Mangala, Jesus Navas and Stevan Jovetic struggling to justify their massive salaries and transfer fees.However none of that could be aimed at Aguero as the Argentine striker has been in a rich vein of form this season Aguero signs a copy of his new book for a fan at the Etihad Stadium on ThursdayAnd City fans were keen to show their support for a book signing session at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday. Some fans had been queuing from 6am to meet Aguero and get their hands on a signed copy of his autobiography 'Born to Rise'.Aguero obviously enjoyed the experience and tweeted a picture with the store staff.
Aguero's book reveals his rise from back streets of Argentina to Premier League stardomInter Milan's minted owners Suning Holdings have identified Sergio Aguero of Manchester City as their top summer target. The Premier League superstar doesn't have the easiest relationship with boss Pep Guardiola and has recently found himself out of the side. But the Chinese holding company backing Serie A giants Inter have the funds to offer the 28-year-old Argentine a route out of the Etihad, according to the Express . With Aguero fearing that he may be left playing second fiddle to new boy Gabriel Jesus after the Brazilian was favoured against West Ham at the weekend and Guardiola still keen on Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the Nerazzurri are confident of reaching a deal. The Premier League winner could see his earnings rise to as high as £300,000 a week as Suning look to make a signing that signals their intent - in Serie A and the Champions League. Anthony Martial is growing increasingly concerned that Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wants to show him the door at Old Trafford after feeling scapegoated for the side's recent performances despite a lack of game time.
Chelsea are eyeing up Newcastle keeper Karl Darlow as a summer signing after the Magpies refused to sell him last month. The Blues are also looking at Sergio Aguero as a potential replacement should Diego Costa decide his future lies in China. Atletico Madrid have identified Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal as the man they want to replace Antoine Griezmann if he joins Manchester United in the summer. Manchester City give Pep Guardiola carte blanche in the transfer market after director of football Txiki Begiristain's acquisitions fail to convince. Newcastle boss Mike Ashley will dust off his cheque book , but only once the Magpies are back in the Premier League. Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha is Mauricio Pochettino's top summer target (Express). Atletico Madrid want Sergio Aguero but only if Antoine Griezmann leaves (Daily Star). Manchester United will have to pay £50 million if they want to prise Swedish international defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica (Express). Hakan Calhanoglu of Bayer Leverkusen wants a move to Stamford Bridge, but he's currently banned for four months for a 2011 breach of contract (Give Me Sport).
Will Sergio Aguero leave Manchester City in the summer? 500+ VOTES SO FARSergio Aguero single-handedly kept Manchester City's Champions League hopes alive on Tuesday as he put a Bayern Munich defence that have only conceded three league goals this season to the sword with a clinical hat-trick.The 26-year-old produced a finishing masterclass against arguably the best goalkeeper in the world, and without their star man Manchester City would be no more than ordinary, domestically and in Europe.His sublime treble took the Argentina international's tally for the season to 17, and he has now scored a greater percentage of Manchester City's goals this season than both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have managed for their clubs.Here brings you 10 top quotes (including one from his mum) from his book 'Born to Rise, My Story'. Sergio Aguero scores his second against Bayern on Tuesday night during a display of fabulous finishing Aguero celebrates after scoring his third goal in a superb individual display against Bayern MunichIt was a crazy situation because we knew the scenario required to win the title but I felt I’d die if we didn’t win or that I’d kill myself if we blew our title chance!
Okay, maybe that’s a little dramatic, but if felt like there would be nothing to look forward to if we failed.He must have thought I was swearing at him in Spanish or something. He kneed me in the side. I have no idea why he did that and, to this day, I would love to know the answer.My father’s [Leo] friends are always telling me what an amazing player he was as a kid; they even tell me that he was better than I am. I obviously inherited it, didn’t I? I’ve managed to do what he never quite managed. So much of this is down to him. Aguero lies on the turf as his team-mates pile on following the striker's last-minute winner against Bayern Aguero showed on Tuesday night why he is considered as one of the world's best playersHe asked us what we [his parents] thought and what we wanted. He told us that he wanted to go to Spain. But that he wanted all of us to go. We explained to him that this would not be possible. We couldn’t uproot everyone.On the baby futbol pitches I had to be more alive to playing one-touch football, and to shoot as soon as I got a glimpse at goal.
At half-time I [once, when playing for Independiente] asked a referee not to give me a yellow card because I would be suspended for the one home match we had left. He said to me that if I didn’t foul anyone then I wouldn’t have any problems. But at the first opportunity, after a normal incident, he goes and books me. I just went crazy. I started crying – I was a bit embarrassed. The hat-trick on Tuesday night showed again why Aguero is compared with Messi and Ronaldo‘We’ll fight to the end’ is not just one of City’s mottos and chants. It’s also symbolic of a club that never gives up, that never knows when it’s beaten, even in the most trying circumstances, and that gives the word ‘believe’ a much stronger, wider meaning.My mum is the best in the world and knows me as well as anyone. She just has to look at me to know what’s going on. I know the sacrifices they made for me and my family. And I’ll never forget that. Aguero sends the ball sailing to the left-hand post of Bayern's German international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer
Aguero wheels away in celebration after giving Manchester City a 1-0 lead against the 10 men of Bayern MunichI know what it means to trudge through the mud, to sleep without a roof over your head, and to have to scrape together enough money just to feed your children. It was a constant struggle for me and Leo. That’s why we feel so proud.We were the youngest players in the Argentina Under-20 squad. Kun was only just 17 and I was about to celebrate my 18th birthday. What can I say about Sergio back then…? That he was a real character, a really sound guy, capable of listening and then saying exactly the right thing to let you know he was there for you, or, with perfect delivery, to make you burst out laughing. Sergio Aguero commanded the headlines after scoring a stunning hat-trick for Manchester City against Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Here, Press Association Sport shares eight interesting facts about a player rated among the best in the world.1. Aguero is known widely by his nickname 'Kun', a moniker that has stuck since childhood.
It comes from his resemblance to a character in a Japanese cartoon programme that he enjoyed as a boy, which was actually called 'Kum Kum the little caveman'. The cartoon was set in the Stone Age and was about a mischievous little boy.2. Aguero's mother had a far from straightforward pregnancy with him. When the then teenager Adriana Aguero was six months pregnant, the small house she shared with partner Leonel del Castillo and daughter Jessica in the impoverished Gonzalez Catan district of Buenos Aires was severely flooded. They were forced to evacuate, wading out into metre-deep water. They spent a fortnight sleeping on mattresses at a school before returning home.3. Aguero's full name is Sergio Leonel Aguero. He was initially given his mother's surname because both she, at 18, and partner Leo, 19, were classed as minors and were not married. This could have been changed to the paternal surname of Del Castillo, as was the intention, years later. However, the family could not produce national identity documents as they had been destroyed in the floods.4.
His parents had also wanted to spell his middle name as 'Lionel', but were forbidden by civil registry restrictions in their part of the country. Lionel was not on approved list of names. This was legislation not enforced in Rosario, where one of Aguero's great contemporaries was born to parents Jorge and Celia Messi.5. Aguero's father Leo was also a talented goalscorer and showed promise in his youth. Although he never went on to play fully professionally, he was able to supplement his meagre income as a baker by playing for local sides in weekend tournaments.6. Aguero began his professional football career in July 2003 when, aged just 15 years and 13 days, he made his debut for Independiente. He was the youngest debutant in Argentina's top flight, beating the record of the man who would later become his father-in-law, Diego Maradona. His first senior goal came against Estudiantes in November 2004.7. Aguero won the Under-20 World Cup with Argentina in Holland in 2005 and enjoyed repeat success in Canada two years later, when he won both the tournament's Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards after scoring six goals in seven games.8.