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Aguero: Bony adds quality and competition to Man City squad

Sergio Aguero has welcomed the arrival of Wilfried Bony to Manchester City.

The Ivory Coast striker joined from Swansea City for £28million in January but only linked up with the City squad after helping his nation win the 2015 African Cup of Nations in early February.

Ahead of City's home meeting with Newcastle United, Aguero spoke of the state of Manuel Pellegrini's playing group, particularly from a striker's perspective following a bad injury run to the reigning premiers' main scoring men earlier in the campaign.

"We were very unfortunate to have so many injured strikers simultaneously," the Argentine ace told the club's official website.

"The boys handled it very well, though. It's not easy to play in someone else's position, but that said, I thought they were quite effective and we initially continued our winning run.

"Now we are back to full strength and we have also added to our squad. I think Wilfried Bony is a valuable addition to bolster our ranks for the final months of the season.

"We have a lot of quality in our team which makes things very competitive and it will remain that way."

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