Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini believes star striker Sergio Aguero is well on his way to becoming the worlds best player. Pellegrini has already said he believes the in-form Aguero is behind only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo among the games current greats. The 25-year-old Argentinian has been outstanding this season having scored 15 goals in his last 12 games and 16 in total. The prolific duo of Barcelona ace Messi and Real Madrid inspiration Ronaldo have been vying for the title of the worlds best player in recent years but Pellegrini believes Aguero can join that elite company. Pellegrini said: We hope. That is what we are working on every day and what he wants. The ambitions of Sergio will be very important if he can arrive at that level. Pellegrini, who took charge at the Etihad Stadium in the summer, previously encountered former Atletico Madrid forward Aguero during his time in Spain. The ex-Villarreal, Real Madrid and Malaga boss believes his improvement since then has been considerable. Pellegrini said: He is a better player because he is older. He arrived in Spain when he was 18 or 19 years old. He was always a very important player, a top player, but this year he is trying to work a little bit more without the ball. You see, three or four of the last goals we scored are because he is doing a good job pressing on their defenders. I think he is more complete. Pellegrini is certainly in no doubt Aguero, signed by City for B£38million in 2011, is the best player in the Barclays Premier League. The Chilean said: I said last week after Messi and Cristinao Ronaldo he is the best. Both are not playing in the Premier League, so he is. Aguero has formed a formidable partnership with summer signing Alvaro Negredo this season with the pair having scored 27 goals between them. The team as a whole has also been in fine goalscoring form of late with the net hit 22 times in the last four home games alone, including a 6-0 thrashing of Tottenham last weekend. Swansea are the next side to visit Eastlands hoping to contain them and they will be short of firepower themselves with strikers Michu and Wilfried Bony both out injured. Pellegrini claims he is reading little into that. He said: I dont think it will be easy. Michu is very important for them but we have other players injured. Swansea are a very strong team. They play very well. After Manchester City they are the team with most possession in the Premier League. We must play a very good game if we want to win here at home. Because we won against Tottenham doesnt mean we are going to win against Swansea.#espn
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:09:44 +0000