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Ricky Charlesworth

Man City legend Sergio Aguero recalls when Pep Guardiola dropped him for being "too fat"

Sergio Aguero is a bona fide legend for Manchester City, proudly sitting atop of the club's list of all-time top scorers – and also bagging the most iconic goal the club has ever seen during his time there as well.

But that didn't stop Pep Guardiola once dropping him for being "too fat". The Argentine was at the Etihad for a decade and won a boatload of trophies on his way to notching 260 goals.

But he has now told the story of the time when Guardiola stood him down after his weight went above the accepted threshold of the Spaniard's exhaustive body stats.

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