Atletico Madrid have told skysports.com that they have not been approached by Manchester City over Sergio Aguero.
No approach for star man Aguero
Atletico Madrid have told
skysports.com that they have not been approached by Manchester City over Sergio Aguero.
The 20-year-old Argentine star, nicknamed Kun, is on his way to being one of the most highly-regarded players in world football.
Having become the youngest player in Argentine football history - breaking the record of Diego Maradona - he joined Atletico Madrid from Independiente in 2006 for a fee in excess of £15million.
Now fully settled in the Spanish capital, Aguero is shining and many are putting him on par with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Lionel Messi.
City under the ownership of Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan's Abu Dhabi United Group now have the financial power to rival anyone in world football and the Premier League club want the world's best players.
They showed their willingness to spend when they broke the British transfer record to pay Real Madrid over £30million for Robinho and they are ready to continue spending big.
Interest
After confirming their interest in the likes of Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabregas - they have also seemingly added Aguero to their list of potential targets.
Two City scouts were present in Getafe on Wednesday to watch Atletico in action as they won 2-1.
Now City are said to be ready to pay Aguero's get-out clause in order to land him. The Argentine's current deal has four years left and the buy-out is €60million (£47million).
However, Atletico sources have confirmed to
skysports.com that there has been no contact between the two clubs.
"There is no news on this subject, neither City or any other club have contacted us about Kun and Atletico is not interested in seeing the exit of this player," the sources confirmed.
The player himself has always stated his desire is to remain with Atletico.
"My head is with Atletico and I am happy here," he said earlier this month.
His coach Javier Aguirre also insists the player will not be leaving.
"On the subject of him possibly leaving, he has a contract here, he is happy here and I'm sure that is going to want to stay," he said.
"Sergio, I truly believe, is going to do very good things here."
