Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi they were competing to be the best in the world for just over 10 years. Both players share 12 Ballon d’Ors and while the Argentine conquered the world Cup recently in 2022, the Portuguese was champion of Europa with his team and boasts of being the world’s top scorer.
But even these dazzling achievements did not impress Sergio ‘Kun’ Aguero so that they could be included in his top 3 of the best forwards of the last 15 years, although he did highlight the trajectory they have had Messi y CR7 in this period and his valuable contributions to the history of football.
Actually, Agüero did not include Messi or Cristiano in his top list because he simply they are on another superlative level and although he said of the Portuguese that he was “a great player”, because of the great friendship and the Qatar World Cup 2022 the best player for him is the captain of the Argentina national team.
“They spent 10 or 11 years fighting to be number one. I have come across it and the truth is that with Cristiano Ronaldo, the best. I stay with Messi Obviously, but I would even tell you that, being different, the two could play together”, declared Kun Agüero during the Davoo Xeneize podcast when asked about the absence of these two players in his top 3.
Argentina: Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero in a Copa America match
Bruna Prado / AP
The Top 3 of the best strikers of Kun Agüero
The former player of teams like Atlético de Madrid, Manchester City and Barcelona He gave a top 3 of the best forwards of the last 15 years, more down to earth, but with the same quality as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Kun Agüero chose Ronaldo Nazario, Thierry Henry and Luis Suarez as his top of the best attackers, also soccer legends but who are definitely one step below the two monsters he left aside.
1
Ronaldo Nazario
Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Corinthians
295 goals in his career, world champion with Brazil in 2002
2
Thierry Henry
Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal, Barcelona, NY Red Bulls
Arsenal legend, Premier League, World Cup 1998 and Euro 2000 champion
3
Luis Suarez
National, Groningen, Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Gremio
Multi-champion of the League with several clubs, Copa América champion with Uruguay and Champions League
Kun Agüero was close to reaching Juventus
In the same interview, the Only Aguero revealed that he had offers to play in Serie A with the Juventusbut at that same time he also had the chance to be part of Manchester City, a team that was beginning to forge its winning history and where he could fulfill his dream of playing in the Premier League.
“I thought that by going to City I would have the chance to win titles and although I had the option of going to Juventus, I really wanted to play in the Premier and the only one interested at that moment was Manchester. In my head I saw a potential that In a few years we were going to be fighting for titles”, revealed the ex-soccer player about his decision to join the Citizens.
Time proved the Argentine was right that he chose the best option since he became a legend of the team as the top scorer in history, in addition to scoring the goal with which he ended a drought of almost 50 years without winning the English League and which also started a golden era for the club.
Read also Bernardo Scotti
2023-07-07 19:43:45
#Lionel #Messi #Cristiano #Ronaldo #Top #Argentine #soccer #legend #incredible #reason
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/metroworldnews/RGYX3QPEAJDTPDBX4VTBFF5MZY.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 "Celebrate National Piña Colada Day with Goya Puerto Rico and Create Your Own Recipe at Home")