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Why Aguero signing could end Messi’s Barcelona career

A Belgian football manager, Luc Eymael believed that the arrival of Sergio Aguero at Barcelona could finally bring the curtain down on long-serving forward Lionel Messi.

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Why Aguero signing could end Messi's Barcelona career

A Belgian football manager, Luc Eymael believed that the arrival of Sergio Aguero at Barcelona could finally bring the curtain down on long-serving forward Lionel Messi.

After undergoing a medical at Camp Nou on Monday the Argentine was officially unveiled at Camp Nou on a free transfer following his departure from Manchester City, bringing to an end his illustrious 10-year career at Etihad Stadium.

Giving his thoughts on the latest transfer, Eymael, who has handled several teams across Africa told newsmen, that the arrival of Aguero could likely trigger a move for Messi since the two players play the same role and style of football and “Barcelona cannot afford to keep both of them.”

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“It means with Sergio [Aguero] now on board, then Messi has to move, he has to move,” Eymael said.

“But will he [Messi] be okay to move? Because you know Messi is not working a lot for the ball because he is on the wing, will he work enough for the ball?

“Sergio [Aguero] is also not a big fighter for the ball, and in the team like Barcelona you can only have one player who is not fighting for the ball and everybody knew it was Messi, but you cannot have two players, not fighting for the ball that is not possible, I don’t see it working out and maybe Messi will give way.”

“Everything in Barcelona depends on the understanding you have with Messi and the new coach who will come in and that is the biggest problem, so I really cannot tell if he will make it at Barcelona or not, we have to wait and see who is the new coach if they will keep Messi and what role will he [Aguero] be given to play at the club.”

Eymael continued: “It will also depend on the new coach who will go to Barcelona, that is the first thing if it is a coach who doesn’t like to play him [Aguero] as a striker then it will not be comfortable for him again.

“If Barcelona gets a coach who will play him as a striker then Messi will move to number 10 or the wing and then [Griezmann] to play behind him, then he can really do well, remember Barcelona didn’t have a good season and they want to compete, so they have to reinforce.”

The summer window is shaping up as an eventful one at Camp Nou as they look to recover from a disappointing season in which they finished third in La Liga and were knocked out in the Round of 16 of the Champions League.

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