Manchester City legend opens up on how Blues icon tried to convince Chelsea to sign him

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero has claimed that Frank Lampard begged Chelsea to sign him before he ended up joining Manchester City.

Chelsea have signed their fair share of strikers over the years, with varying degrees of success, but more often than not they have not lived up to expectations.

Apart from Didier Drogba and Diego Costa, the Blues have really struggled to find a top-class striker over the past 20 years, with the likes of Fernando Torres, Alvaro Morata and Andriy Shevchenko failing to live up to expectations.

For all the strikers the Blues have signed, they appear to have missed out on one of the best in Premier League history despite signaling their intention.

Aguero, who is the fifth-highest scorer in the competition’s history with 184 goals, revealed that Chelsea were interested in signing him after meeting him in a Champions League match in 2009, but did not respond never the interest.

Aguero has revealed that Lampard told Chelsea to sign him.

“After that game (for Atletico Madrid against Chelsea in 2009), my agent told me they were interested in signing me,” the Argentine told The Club YouTube channel.

“I like the Premier League, I wanted to play there, but Chelsea never sustained their interest after that.”

Aguero also said that after Lampard joined City in 2014, the Chelsea legend told him how he had asked the Chelsea board to sign him in 2010.

“I spoke about it with Frank Lampard because Frank Lampard played at Manchester City,” Aguero added.

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“He said when we played against him he told the Chelsea staff to sign Aguero.”

The prospect of Aguero joining the likes of Lampard, Drogba, Juan Mata and Eden Hazard is mouth-watering, but knowing Chelsea’s luck with signing strikers, he would not have lived up to expectations and his career would have turned out very differently .