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‘We are like an old married couple … I always fall asleep with the TV on and when I wake up the next morning he is always complaining’: Sergio Agüero opens up about his close friendship with Lionel Messi … who almost joined him in Man City
- Lionel Messi made his debut in Argentina in 2005, a year before Sergio Agüero.
- The duo have played together in three World Cups and four Americas Cups
- Messi and Agüero also won gold for their country at the 2008 Olympics
- But Agüero has insisted that sharing a room with Messi has disadvantages
Sergio Agüero has revealed that he and Lionel Messi are “like an old married couple” when they are on duty together in Argentina.
The Barcelona star made his national team debut in 2005, a year before the Manchester City forward joined the Argentine senior team.
The duo have played together in three World Cups, four Americas Cups, as well as winning gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Sergio Agüero says he and his Argentine partner Lionel Messi are ‘like an old married couple’
The duo have played together in three World Cup finals and four Americas Cups.
The period of time they have spent together as a result has brought them closer together, but Aguero has insisted there are negatives to sharing a room with Messi, who came close to joining him at Manchester City this summer.
“He always complains, we are like an old married couple,” Aguero joked on the Santo Sábado program via Diario Sport.
“I always go to sleep with the television on and when I wake up the next morning, he always complains to me.
‘He arrives at the hotel and instantly takes a shower while I’m sitting talking on my cell phone. Then he will remind me that we have to go down to dinner and we don’t have time.
Messi (right) made his debut for Argentina in 2005, a year before Agüero (left) took his bow.
Messi (above) and Agüero also appeared when Argentina won gold at the 2008 Olympics.
Messi played the full 90 minutes on Tuesday when goals from Inter Milan star Lautaro Martínez and Joaquín Correa sealed Argentina’s 2-1 victory over Bolivia in their second World Cup qualifying match before the tournament in Qatar. in 2022.
Last week, the Barcelona star scored his 71st goal for his country in a win over Ecuador.
The penalty in Buenos Aires also brought him six goals from Pelé’s count, with the Brazilian legend the all-time top scorer for any South American nation.
The strike led Messi to 21 goals in the World Cup qualifiers, with his former teammate at Barcelona and good friend Luis Suárez currently leading the group on that front with 22.
Agüero, meanwhile, is the third top scorer in Argentina’s history and is only behind Gabriel Batistuta and Messi on his country’s top scorers list.
Messi scored his 71st goal for his country by beating Ecuador in Friday’s World Cup qualifier
Agüero is Argentina’s third top scorer and is only behind Gabriel Batistuta and Messi
