Sergio Aguero claims that although he was a Liverpool supporter as a child, the Reds declined an offer to acquire him prior to his transfer to Manchester City.

The lethal striker disclosed in a recent interview with GOAL that he was a fan of the club due to Michael Owen.

“When I was younger, I liked Liverpool because of [Michael] Owen, who had also started as a teenager,” said Aguero. Even while playing on my PlayStation, I attempted to emulate Owen’s style of play!”

Upon reflection, the two Premier League headshunters share a multitude of similarities. Both are exceptionally brief yet swift, with lethal finishing that few have ever matched.

 

Aguero put an end to his career in 2021, having scored 385 goals for Independiente, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, and Barcelona prior to his retirement due to cardiac health concerns.

Following his confession that he was a Liverpool devotee as a child, Aguero elaborated on the reason why the Reds never acquired him.

“I honestly wouldn’t know,” he replied. It has been reported that the club refrained from making an offer due to my youth and the perceived risk associated with the transfer fee.

If that is indeed the case, it would be extremely unfortunate. Obviously, Aguero enjoyed tremendous success at Manchester City, but it would have been quite the spectacle to see him in red at Anfield.

However, Liverpool have produced their fair share of world-class forwards, including the Egyptian King Mohamed Salah, who continues to terrorize Premier League defenders and shows no signs of slowing down.

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Liverpool travel to Manchester City in the Premier League for the Saturday lunchtime kick-off—a favourite of Jurgen Klopp’s.The German will look to outwit his Catalan opponent in the rival technical area as he looks to leave the Etihad with a win for the first time since 2015.

Despite this drought of away victories against their inter-city rivals, the Reds managed to lift the Premier League, while City have lifted it another five times, but in dubious circumstances following the 115 charges that have been laid at their door and the sentence that Everton have been handed.

This will certainly be a motivating factor for many of the players who will feel they have been robbed of further honours by the Sky Blues.

Ederson has been given the nod as the first-choice goalkeeper for Brazil recently, despite looking questionable when called upon, whereas Alisson has arguably been Liverpool’s best player for the last 18 months as he has single-handedly kept the side in positions to win games.

 

Pep Guardiola gives Erling Haaland injury news and picks five Liverpool players who can hurt Man City

Pep Guardiola has confirmed that he is hopeful Erling Haaland will be fit to face Liverpool on Saturday.

The Norway international aggravated an ankle injury on international duty, but was back in training on Thursday. However, the striker wasn’t the only City player to be an injury doubt heading into Saturday’s game at the Etihad.

Guardiola was keeping his cards close to his chest beyond confirming that City have a few injury problems ahead of facing the Reds. However, he did share that his hopeful that Haaland will be fit to play.

“(Erling) trained yesterday with some niggles but today we have the last training and hopefully he can be part of it,” the Spaniard told reporters. “We have a few problems like many clubs.”