Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has told the club’s official website that he is ‘so confident’ that Sergio Aguero will have a big impact soon.
Aguero has endured a frustrating season this term, as he has managed just 141 minutes of Premier Leaguea action.
The 32-year-old has had knee and hamstring injuries, and then fallen victim to the global pandemic this month.
It’s hard to tell just when Aguero will be back, but he needs to return and start scoring goals if he is to stay at the Etihad Stadium.
Aguero’s contract with City ends this summer, meaning he could walk away 10 years since arriving from Atletico Madrid.
Aguero is a City legend with 256 goals in 379 games for the club, but there are fears that his time with the club will come to a rather dour end.
Now though, boss Guardiola has admitted that Aguero is ‘feeling much better’, but doesn’t know when he will return to action.
Guardiola added that he is optimistic that Aguero will be back around February or March, and is ‘so confident’ that he will be banging in goals sooner rather than later.
“He felt so tired, but today he says he is feeling much better,” said Guardiola. “Now is the time to test negative and then when he can, come back here and start to move and see how he feels day by day. I cannot tell you [when he will be back]. I don’t know how he will react in the first days when he starts training.”
“I am so optimistic that he will give us, from February or March to the end of the season some good, good months. I am so optimistic, and it will help us in the decisive moments and give us the goals that we need. I am so confident it is going to happen,” he added.
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