Sergio Agüero has been ruled out injured for 10 weeks as he will miss the start of the season for FC Barcelona and six World Cup qualifying matches for Argentina.
It’s not the best start for Agüero as he returned to Spain. With his good friend Lionel Messi having left the club, Kun has been dealt another hit. An injury to his calf muscle initially had him ruled out for 3-4 weeks.
Barcelona have announced that the injury is more severe than that. Agüero will miss 10 weeks in total, meaning three World Cup qualifying matches in September and another three in October.
Here are the matches that Agüero would miss for Argentina:
Brazil vs. Argentina, September Venezuela vs. Argentina, September Argentina vs. Bolivia, September Paraguay vs. Argentina, October Argentina vs. Peru, October Argentina vs. Uruguay, October
Tottenham have reportedly offered €70 million for Lautaro Martinez with his agent denying any agreement.
As we reported a few days ago, Tottenham and Atletico Madrid are interested in signing the Argentine Copa America winner. However, it appears as if Tottenham would be the team in a better position to sign him. Per Fabrizio Romano, Tottenham have already opened talks for him.
Tottenham opened talks days ago for Lautaro Martinez offering €70m, also Atletico asked for Lautaro. He’s a real target for Spurs – Inter now say they’ve no intention to sell him this summer. 🚨🇦🇷 #THFC
After selling Lukaku to Chelsea, Inter plan is to keep Lautaro Martinez.
In addition to Tottenham, Atletico Madrid have also asked about Lautaro. But it appears as though Inter are not planning on selling him. Per Cesaro Luis Merlo, Inter’s agent had this to say about it all:
“Lautaro is happy at Inter and in Italy. His decision is to stay. The relationship with Inter is perfect. Lautaro is calm, it’s true that there have been offers but today he’s comfortable and we will sit down to talk about the future.”
Sergio Aguero is injured and could miss the World Cup qualifiers for Argentina.
Aguero has been ruled out of Barcelona’s Gamper match on Sunday with a right calf injury. Per a report by Javi Miguel Club from AS in Spain, he could miss 3-4 weeks.
Argentina play three World Cup qualifying matches in September, with the first one on September 2 vs. Venezuela. Three days later in they Brazil before playing Bolivia on September 9.
El Kun empieza con mal pie. Sin su amigo, decepcionado y lesionado. A falta de pruebas definitivas para ver alcance rotura, se habla de tres a cuatro semanas KO
Lionel Messi will reportedly undergo his medical examination with PSG either on Sunday night or Monday morning.
Messi’s time, at least for the moment, at FC Barcelona is over. A new chapter begins in his footballing career and it appears that it will be in Paris. Messi has been linked with a move to PSG ever since the news broke out that he would not be continuing at Barcelona.
According to a report by L’Equipe, Lionel Messi will undergo his medical with Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday night or Monday morning. A rumored two year contract with a net salary of €35 million is what is being thrown around.
A very emotional Lionel Messi gave a press conference on Sunday where he spoke about him leaving Barcelona.
Lionel Messi did not get the ending he deserved at Barcelona. No Camp Nou chanting his name, no final match in front of a crowd. Instead, it was a press conference with a few journalists, family and team mates.
The club’s greatest ever player has left and speaking with tears in his eyes, here are some snippets of what Messi had to say:
“Today, I have to say goodbye to all of this. We did everything we could because I wanted to stay. Last year I didn’t want to stay and I said it. This year I wanted to stay and I couldn’t.”
Messi was asked about the possibility of him joining PSG:
“It’s a possibility (PSG) to reach those heights but at the minute I have nothing confirmed with anyone. When the press release was published, I got a lot of calls, a lot of clubs were interested. At the minute, I have nothing closed, we are talking about a lot of things.”
On if this is the most difficult moment of his career:
“Yeah, without doubt (it’s the most difficult time of his sporting career). I’ve had a lot of difficult moments, tough moments, a lot of defeats but in the end, the other day, not going back to train, not going back to the pitch, this is the end.
“I’m very sad, I did not want to leave this club because it’s the club that I love.”
He was also asked about the picture of himself alongside Angel Di Maria, Leandro Paredes, Neymar and Marco Veratti in Ibiza from a few days ago:
“Yeah, completely (coincidence). I met them in Ibiza, we got together one day, we are friends. He (Neymar) called me and said I’m in Ibiza, we’ll get together… And there was a joke at the time, come to Paris. But it was a joke.”
And finally, Messi commented on the trophies won while revealing that he agreed to lower his salary:
“I would have liked to have won another Champions League. We got eliminated in the semi finals vs. Liverpool. We got to a semi final with Pep. […] I’m of the opinion that we could have gotten one more. I have achieved my objectives.
“I offered to reduce my contract by 50% and they asked for nothing else. The news of me asking 30% more is a lie. A lot of what people are saying are not true.”
