Aguero: What player does not want to be playing for Barcelona?

Sergio Aguero wanted to and wants to be at Barcelona. In an interview with El Pais, the striker reaffirmed his desire to succeed at Camp Nou, knocking back any suggestion he regrets signing in the summer. Not even after the departure of his friend Lionel Messi.

"Let's be honest, what player doesn't want to play for Barça? I would say that the majority of players would like to wear this shirt, whether Barça are doing well or not. I arrived with the expectation of playing with Leo and that a good team was being built, which was what the club was trying to do. When they called me I thought: I don't care what they pay me, I will help the team however I can," Aguero said.

On learning Messi was leaving in August, he added: "It was a moment of shock. He was really struggling. When I found out I could not believe it. That Saturday I went to see him at his house. And, due to my personality, because I saw how he was, I tried to make him forget what had happened. I tried to distract him by talking about my eSports team."

Aguero made his first start for Barça in a friendly on Wednesday, scoring in a 2-2 draw against Cornella. So, doe he now consider himself a starter at the club?

"You can only consider yourself a starter when you do things well and help the team. If not, no. That's how I think, helping the team with a goal whenever I get to play."

Finally, asked what he lacked to be among the best in the world, Aguero said: "I have thought about what I'm missing many times. And one day I asked Leo. He told me that to win the Ballon d'Or, you have to win the Champions League. And he's right. I had great seasons, scored a lot of goals and won many trophies, but I was never in the Champions League final."