Sergio Aguero has been told that he may have to stop playing football, the program reports El Matic by Catalunya Radio. The 33-year-old Barcelona attacker is struggling with heart problems and will therefore be sidelined for at least the next three months. A recent test is said to have indicated that the condition Aguero is battling will no longer make it possible to play professional football.
Aguero was replaced almost two weeks ago in the home game against Deportivo Alavés (1-1) just before half-time. The attacker grabbed his chest and neck in the 41st minute while lying on the field, and appeared to have breathing problems. He didn’t want to get on the stretcher and quietly walked off the field. After an examination in the dressing room by the Barcelona medical staff, it was decided to take the attacker to hospital. The second half in the Camp Nou had already started and television cameras from LaTdT recorded how he was transported from the stadium to the hospital.
He underwent a heart examination a day later, the results of which Barcelona released. “Sergio Agüero should be subjected to a diagnostic and therapeutic treatment carried out by Dr. Joseph Brugada. He is therefore not available for the next three months. Within that period, the effectiveness of the treatment must be determined to determine his recovery process,” Barcelona said in an official statement. As a teenager, Agüero already suffered from cardiac arrhythmias, but later did not suffer from it anymore.
Catalunya Radio compares Agüero’s situation with Caroline Graham Hansen’s. The Norwegian player of the women’s branch of Barcelona recently struggled with heart rhythm disorders and underwent ‘diagnostic and therapeutic treatment’, which is also mentioned in the statement about Agüero. Hansen has been successfully treated and has now resumed training, but Agüero’s heart problems are said to be more complicated.
Recent tests have allegedly indicated that Aguero is suffering from heart problems that may prevent him from playing professional football for longer. The tests will continue for the foreseeable future, but according to Catalunya Radio there is pessimism about Agüero’s future as a footballer. Doctors from the Argentine Football Association have already paid him a visit to investigate his heart problems.
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