When Carlos Tevez claimed he wanted to leave Manchester city earlier this summer, the Eastlands club instantly knew they'd need to buy someone to replace the talismanic Argentinian. The man they chose was another Argentine, Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero for a fee of around £38 million.
Tevez meanwhile was expected to go to Corinthians, however the deal couldn't go through before the end of the Argentinian transfer window. Many expect Tevez to now join Inter Milan, Real Madrid or to stay at Man City until the January transfer window and then join Corinthians. Regardless of the Tevez situation, Aguero is a Manchester city player and city fans especially will want to see if Aguero has the ability to either replace or partner Tevez in the city squad.
At 23 years old, Aguero is four years younger than Tevez, so it would be fair to say Aguero will be able to play for six or seven years minimum at the top level for Manchester city. Presumably, his age would be one of the factors that put Aguero above city's potential other striker targets such as Samuel Et'to on Sheikh Mansour's shopping list. The owner has made it clear he wants players to join the city "revolution" which would see them becoming one of Europe's biggest clubs in three or four years and Aguero certainly fits that bill.
Other than age, there is very little in the statistics to say one man is a better asset to city than the other. While Tevez has a higher goal ratio in the champions league (because of his time at Manchester United), Aguero's international record for Argentina is better than his fellow countryman Tevez's. In the 2010-11 domestic league season, both players scored the same amount of goals (20), although Aguero played one more game.
One thing's for sure though; All of city's strikers have a battle on their hands to be in the club's illustrious first XI. Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Mario Ballotelli and perhaps Carlos Tevez are all good enough to get in to all but a few of the world's clubs best XI's but at city, great money comes with great problems.
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