Kun Aguero is Messi's best friend, but his latest gesture with Cristiano Ronaldo that has fans talking

Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi are really good friends since they have spent many years together throughout their careers. The two Argentine stars are legends of the national team and have become some of the best players in Europe, especially from Argentina. Aguero has also defended Messi through discussions about the best player in the world and sometimes even in the greatest Argentine player of all time discussions. His latest statement on Messi's rival in football, Cristiano Ronaldo, left many shocked since he has also backed his Argentine friend over the Portuguese legend. Aguero was asked to pick his ideal starting eleven team of players from the past and the present. He clearly picked Lionel Messi and Diego Armano Maradona on the team, but then he surprised fans when he picked Cristiano Ronaldo. He also included names like Ronaldo Nazario, Eric Cantona, Xavi Hernandez, Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Virgil Van Dijk, Fernando Hierro and Gianluigi Buffon. It is a stacked team full of legendary players, but as an Argentine, it is rare to see him pick Cristiano Ronaldo along with Messi in the same team.

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Aguero picking Ronaldo earned the respect of many Ronaldo fans, especially since he is a great friend of Messi and is Argentine. Most neutral fans would normally only pick Ronaldo and Messi in their best starting eleven because the two players are arguably the greatest players to ever play football. Aguero did not include himself in his all-time eleven-starting lineup, which also gives him a point of respect. The Argentine legend is one of the greatest players in the Premier League's history.

Aguero is a club legend at Manchester City and is arguably the greatest legend of that club. He played a total of 390 matches for Man City across all competitions. He scored a total fo 260 goals and provided 65 assists. He is the all-time goal scorer for Man City. With the club, he won five Premier League titles, one FA Cup, six English League Cups, and three English Super Cups. He was coached by Pep Guardiola for many years at Man City as well. Despite this, Guardiola picked Messi as the greatest player he has ever coached in his career, but he did include Aguero as one of the other best players he coached. Guardiola said, "The best is Messi. Messi is [the best] nine, ten, eleven, seven, six, five, four. But Sergio, [of] the rest, is absolutely one of them."

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Sergio Aguero believes in Lionel Messi and the Argentina national team this summer at Copa America. Argentina is in the semifinals of the competition, and they will take on Canada this week at the MetLife Stadium. Aguero made a bet that Messi would win the Player of the Tournament award. So far as it seems, the bet could be risky since the Argentine icon has yet to score in the tournament and only has games left to do so. Messi suffered an injury against Chile, which caused him to miss the match against Peru. He played against Ecuador, but he did not score or assist and even missed his penalty in the shootout.