Guardiola asks Aguero to fight for a new contract with Manchester City
Spanish coach Josep Guardiola said that his Argentine striker Sergio Agüero has to fight to deserve a new contract with Manchester City, even though he is the club's historic goalscorer.
Aguero, who returned last Saturday to the team after a four-month absence due to injury, entered the 1-0 Premier League victory over Arsenal, the last year of his contract with the club.
The 32-year-old Argentine scored 254 goals since coming to City from Atletico Madrid and played a key role in leading him to the Premier League title four times, especially in 2012 when he gave him the first title since 1968 by scoring the 3-2 victory over Queens Park Rangers. In stoppage time of the final stage match, he kept his team in the lead on goal difference against arch-rivals Manchester United.
But what the Argentine has achieved during the past years will not intercede for him when the club’s management begins negotiations to renew the contract, according to Guardiola, who is also going into his last year in the contract linking him to "Citizens".
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