Man City legend Sergio Aguero will return to football next month, nearly 2 years after being forced to retire due to heart disease.
On December 15, 2021, striker Aguero held a personal press conference to make the decision to bid farewell to Barca and at the same time retire from his football career after being advised by doctors to stop playing professionally due to suffers from irregular heartbeat and if he tries to play, his life could be threatened.
Nearly two years after leaving football, Aguero is preparing to return to the field. On Wednesday it was announced that Aguero will participate in the all-star friendly match organized by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). It is expected that the match will take place at DRV PNK Stadium – home of Inter Miami, where his close friend Lionel Messi is playing. Aguero will be alongside former Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho and former Argentine teammate Gonzalo Higuain.
A press release reads: “The South American Football Federation brings together players who have become legends of world football in a friendly match that will take place on December 5 at 8 p.m. (local time). ) at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Ronaldinho, Lucio, Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero, Maximiliano Rodriguez, Leonardo Ponzio, Javier Zanetti, Gonzalo Higuain, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Jorge Campos, Luis Hernandez, Sebastian “el Loco” Abreu, Carlos Valderrama, Mario Yepes, Ivan Zamorano, Marcelo Salas, Justo Villar, Nelson Valdez, Juan Arango, Claudio Pizarro, Ronald Raldes, Bryan Ruiz, Patricio Urrutia, Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, Roque Santa Cruz, and other world football stars will be present in this great match representing the their country”.
Aguero became one of the most feared strikers in world football after joining Man City from Atletico Madrid in 2011. He scored the decisive goal in Man City’s dramatic 3-2 victory over QPR in the first round. the final season of the 2012/13 season to bring the first Premier League championship to the blue half of Manchester, opening up this team’s reign of domination.
During his time playing at Etihad Stadium, Aguero won four more Premier League titles and scored 260 goals, becoming the player with the most goals in Man City history. In the international arena, Aguero helped Argentina win the 2019 Copa America.
