Sergio Aguero's performances over the past eight years with Manchester City have propelled him into the conversation of 'best Premier League forwards of all time'.
Since joining City from Atletico Madrid for £38million in 2011, Aguero has notched 244 goals in 353 games in all competitions, providing 71 assists for his team-mates in the process.
Prior to joining Roberto Mancini's side eight years ago, the Argentine was a man in demand owing to his bright performances in Madrid, with a host of English clubs said to be interested in the striker.
Unsurprisingly, Aguero was not far from the attention of Chelsea, with the deep pockets of Roman Abramovich providing an obvious link to Stamford Bridge.
However, according to The Athletic, Chelsea opted not to move for Aguero after club captain John Terry was left unimpressed by the hotshot.
The west London club had made a £30million bid for the striker, although that was said to be well under the asking price of Atletico, with Abramovich aggrieved by the £5million fee demanded by his agent Bruno Satin.
Terry's influence also had a huge impact on Aguero's failed move to Stamford Bridge, with the defender less than impressed with the Argentine's performances having faced Atletico twice during the Champions League campaign that season.
The former England captain is said to have been underwhelmed by Aguero's movement in particular, and advised Chelsea chiefs not to sign him that summer.
As such, Aguero took his services to Manchester, and the rest is history. The striker is still a huge part of Pep Guardiola's plans, having lead the Spaniard's side to back-to-back Premier League titles the past two seasons, taking his Premier League trophy haul tally to four.
Aguero has also won four League Cups and an FA Cup in his stint at the Etihad Stadium.
Sokanola
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The question is simple, would Aguero have dislodged Drogba as the undisputed main striker at Chelsea? My answer is a capital NO.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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At the time we had players that were simply as good or better. Of course no one can see the future. We let De bruyne go for Oscar/Mata and let Salah go for Willian/Cuadrado and similarly we waited and later got Costa who while he was at Chelsea was 1 of the best strikers in the world and before that we had Didier and I believe Etoo so Aguero wouldnt have made sense if he was a starter at Atletico to come bench warm at Chelsea. Plus when you think about all the time ye had been out injured for a club like City there was no pressure but for someone like Chelsea with all pressure on at the time and even now, having your main striker out would be disastrous....
ishti
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Had Aguero gone to Chelsea, they would have won at least Two more Premier league for sure. We are fortunate to have him. #LoveMancini 😎
yaoabimnry
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During That Period we had Drogba so there was no need fot Aguero 🤘💞💞💞💞