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Aguero’s injured when Man City need him most & Guardiola must sign a striker - Richards

Manchester City need to be adding another striker to their ranks because Sergio Aguero has a tendency to be “injured when they need him the most”, says Micah Richards.

The Blues can have few complaints at the goal return delivered by the Argentine forward during his time in England.

Aguero is City’s all-time leading scorer, finding the target on 254 occasions through 370 appearances.

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He is, however, now 32 years of age and into the final 12 months of his contract at the Etihad Stadium.

An unfortunate knack of suffering untimely knocks has also been picked up, with Aguero sitting out 20 games in the 2019-20 campaign – including vital domestic and Champions League games on the back of ‘Project Restart’.