da leao： With all the fascination surrounding Luis Suarez’s arrival at Liverpool last January; his spearheading of the revival at Anfield under Kenny Dalglish and the genuine ‘superstar’ status of one of Europe’s most coveted strikers, it appears that some of the admiration is a little lost when it comes to Manchester City’s latest acquisition Sergio Aguero. At the very least, the excitement was short lived.
da pixbet： It’s hard to understand whether Manchester City and the Premier League truly understand the kind of player they have in ‘Kun Aguero: a player who almost single-handedly put Barcelona to the sword a couple of seasons ago and one who managed to lead Atletico Madrid to the Europa League final and win the competition, now has given City a genuine reason to forget Carlos Tevez and all the needless baggage that comes with the ever-distracting Argentine.
Of course who wouldn’t be impressed by Suarez, a player who continued the fine tradition of breath-taking goal scoring records at Ajax but, unlike his predecessor Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, has managed to quickly adapt to the rigors of a far superior European league.
Players of Suarez’s quality come about very rarely and for the transfer fee in the region of £24 million, he represents a real bargain in a time of reckless spending by the oil-rich powerhouses of City, Chelsea and now CF Malaga.
But almost similarly, one could argue that the sale of Aguero left Atletico with the short end of the stick. A player who quite comfortably formed one of the three best players in La Liga last season outside of Barcelona and Real Madrid, is now one who we should be hoping is not just using Manchester City as a stop-gap to Florentino Perez’s Madrid.
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The introduction of these players into the Premier League may be just what England needed to ensure they catch up with the far superior technical ability of their Spanish counterparts. Well under 6ft tall and with the ability to offer so much more than just a target up front, Aguero and Suarez represent the type of footballer that should be present in an elite league that is maybe yet to catch up with the evolving nature of football on the continent.
‘Kun Aguero was at times a name put forward to replace the restless Wayne Rooney of a year ago at Manchester United. Understandably, Sir Alex Ferguson sees a player who is similar in build to Rooney, with the ability to play across a number of positions in attack and, foremost, a player who any club could build their team around.
Just as he stepped in to the shoes of Fernando Torres and helped Atletico back in to the Champions League, Aguero will now take up the position of the soon to be departing Carlos Tevez and take them onto that next level of Champions of England.
Will Suarez have a similar effect in Liverpool? At this stage it’s hard to see, primarily due to the supporting cast at City and the form of Aguero’s team-mate David Silva.
But there is so much to admire about the two players who share so many similarities; coming into a faster, more physical league and showing starry-eyed onlookers why they are of the elite in their position.
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