Sergio Aguero to join Argentina coaching crew to 2022 World Cup

 

Sergio Aguero has held talks with AFA and Lionel Scaloni to join the coaching crew to the World Cup in Qatar. (Photo credit: AFA)

Former Manchester City and Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero is in talks with the Argentina coaching staff and the football federation for him to join the backroom staff ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.

Aguero announced his retirement from football six weeks after suffering an arrhythmia while playing for Barcelona on the 30^th of October 2021, a heart condition that scared everyone as he was wheeled away from the pitch.

"I'm going to Qatar," Aguero told TyC Sports after the meeting.

"We still need to figure out in what role but I'll be with the team at the World Cup.

"It was a nice talk with 'Chiqui'; he's been great with me and asked me to get together. The talks will continue to set on my role and also on the possibility to be at the draw for the World Cup. In the next week, we are going to finish all the details.

"My intention is to spend time with the players. I'll be there with the team, I get along very well with them. I want to be close to them and try to have fun and loosen up.

"I want to find a place from where I can help the national team. It's still very recent my retirement and I have offers from several sides, but I want to enjoy myself now and have more time to relax and do things that I couldn't do when I was a soccer player".

Aguero has already finalized things with Argentina’s head coach, Lionel Scaloni and would have been one of the first names on the list had he not been ruled out due to a his heart conditions. Aguero won the Copa America last summer with Argentina, ending a 28 year drought and was part of the defeated World Cup finalists at the Maracana Stadium in Brazil in 2014.