Aguero: Why I cried when I was forced to retire
Carlo Garganese
- Updated: 8 Feb 2022 12:33 GMT
- 3 min read
Sergio Aguero has opened up on his retirement press conference and what prompted him to break down in tears.
Ex-Barcelona forward Aguero announced his retirement from professional football at the age of just 33 in December due to a heart condition that would have made it dangerous for him to continue to play sport at the highest level.
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The issue first arose during Aguero’s participation in a La Liga match against Alaves on 30 October, with the Argentina international forced to be replaced during the game as he was suffering from chest pains.
Barcelona initially announced that Aguero would be forced to take three months out of the game while investigations were done into the issue.
But eventually Aguero was forced to retire with immediate effect and he held a press conference at Camp Nou on December 15 to announce the news.
During the press conference alongside Barcelona president Joan Laporta, Aguero broke down into tears.
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What did Aguero say?
“I knew a week or 10 days before they advised me that I would probably have to retire, but I didn’t assume it and I came prepared to that moment,” Aguero said on Twitch.
“When they told me it was the end, that I had to say it, I went to Abu Dhabi to distract myself a little and the day of the announcement I was relaxed.
“I was going to say what happened to me and what I felt.
Nos tomamos un día más pero no queríamos dejar de despedirte como te lo merecés.
Este mimo nuestro es una muestra más de cariño de todos los argentinos.
¡Te vamos a extrañar, @aguerosergiokun! 💙 pic.twitter.com/O7KFZh26BW— Selección Argentina 🇦🇷 (@Argentina) December 16, 2021
“It was with Laporta before leaving the press conference and when I saw the stairs with my seat there, I broke and I started to cry.
“Laporta embraced me. I had to leave and I didn’t want to because it impacted me.
“I didn’t want them to see me crying and I told Laporta that he had to speak.
“I started to think of being relaxed and I relaxed.”
Aguero only joined Barcelona last summer on a Bosman from Man City, but made just four appearances in La Liga and scored one goal.
