I signed Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante for Chelsea, but a Premier League legend escaped

Former Chelsea manager Michael Emenalo has admitted he missed the chance to sign a player who became a Premier League icon with 184 goals.

Sergio Aguero He is now a Manchester City great, famous for his legendary goal that won his club their first Premier League title in 2012, but it could all have been very different if the Blues boss had had his way.

Agüero caught Chelsea's attention during a Champions League tie in November 2009 as Chelsea He traveled to Madrid to face Atlético.

The Argentine came on as a substitute in the 54th minute and opened the scoring with a spectacular volley that Petr Cech had little chance of saving.

Didier Drogba He then scored a brace, and it looked like the Blues would walk away with three points until Agüero scored again in stoppage time to take a point for Los Colchoneros in a 2-2 draw.

When Emenalo was talking about the best players he signed on Mikel John Obi's podcast, he revealed that he almost missed the opportunity to bring Aguero to Stamford Bridge before his eventual move to City.

He responded: “Sergio Agüero. We were very close. He was 20 years old and the idea was to have him with Didier Drogba and for Didier to gradually leave. We anticipated that Didier would reach 35, 36.”

The deal did not prosper and in 2011 Agüero joined. city ​​of manchesterscoring 23 goals in the League.

Including possibly the greatest Premier League moment of all time, scoring the winning goal against QPR on the final day of the season beating their rivals. manchester united to the title by goal difference.

Agüero won five Premier League titles and earned a golden boot in the 2014/15 season with 26 goals. That season in the top flight he averaged 1.03 goals per game.

He is also Manchester City's all-time top scorer with 260 goals and leads the league for most hat-tricks with 12, ahead of Alan Shearer, who played 166 more games.

In an interview with The Club's YouTube channel, the striker said of the potential Chelsea move: “After that game, maybe two months later, my agent said to me: 'Chelsea are interested.'

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“I was only three years old in Atlético de Madrid. I mean, I loved the Premier League, playing there, but Chelsea were never interested afterwards.

“I talked about it with Frank Lampard Because Frank Lampard played for Manchester City. “He said that when I played against him, he told the Chelsea staff to sign Agüero.”

Former Chelsea player Joe Cole previously spoke about his admiration for Aguero.

“You know, as a player, I was playing against him and I thought 'wow.' He faced JT (John Terry) and Ricardo Carvalho and was simply outstanding.”

He told TNT Sport: “Chelsea actually overlooked him because of his form, which was obviously a big mistake looking back at the time.”