Manchester City are ready to upgrade Sergio Aguero's contract. The Daily Mail says Aguero will sign his new £210,000-a-week deal before the start of the new season.
The Premier League champions have made it clear to the Argentina striker that he is pivotal to their future, along with captain Vincent Kompany, and talks have gone well.
Real Madrid and Barcelona have made no secret of their admiration for Aguero, 26, but City want to wrap up a new improved five-year deal overtaking the current one which runs to 2017.
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