Manchester City rule out Sergio Aguero exit

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has warned rivals there is no chance of the club even considering selling Sergio Aguero.

Aguero has been at his blistering best for most of the season, scoring 31 goals in 40 appearances for City.

In such form the 26-year-old can stand comparison with the best players in the world and that could attract envious glances from other clubs.

But Pellegrini is not worried that a bid might come in from any of them. He insists Aguero is happy and any approach would be rejected out of hand.

Asked if he was concerned about interest in Aguero, the Chilean said: “I don’t think so because we are not a selling team and I think that Sergio is very happy here, so he doesn’t have any intention to go.”

What does surprise Pellegrini is that Aguero was not recognised by his peers with a place in the Professional Footballers’ Association team of the year.

The explanation for that probably lies in the fact the voting period overlapped with Aguero’s lull after injury but Pellegrini thinks it was an error.

He said: “I don’t know the way they choose the PFA team for this year so I cannot talk about that, but I always think Kun must be in every best team.”

Pellegrini acknowledges City need to strengthen signings will be made but insists they will not be rushed and that an overhaul is not necessary.

He said: “I think it is important to try and work as soon as you can but to try to work in the correct way. You can make a lot of mistakes so it is important to finish the season, to analyse what we did, what we need.

“I repeat it is not a disaster, we did not do all bad.

“Next year, we must make some changes but I don’t think we are very far from Chelsea or from other teams. In the games we played against Chelsea we didn’t see a better team than our team, but they were more consistent during the whole year. That is why they won the title.”