Mikel Arteta on signing Aguero in the summer

Mikel Arteta paid tribute to Aguero’s legacy at City.

Sergio Aguero will leave Manchester City when his contract expires in the summer.

Currently, Barcelona are the favourites to sign the Argentine though a potential stay in the Premier League is expected.

Mikel Arteta worked with Aguero for three years as Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City.

“Sergio has a unique quality to see spaces where nobody else can see and score goals in a really easy way so that I am sure that he will find the right next project,” Arteta said at his pre-Liverpool press conference.

“Anybody that has been close to Sergio would say the same thing. He has probably been the main face or one of the three main faces that has lifted that project.

“You need some leadership, some quality, players to create moments to start to build a project like they did and Sergio is probably the biggest face on that project.

“It is not only the way in which he plays [but] his charisma, personality and the way he is. He is loved by everybody at the club.

“It is sad to see someone leaving like him but I think what he has done there he will be in their history.”

When asked about the prospect of Aguero joining the Emirates, Arteta said: “No, no, we will see what happens with him in the future.”

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