Barcelona blow with Sergio Aguero out until November as he suffers muscle injury while Messi closes in on PSG transfer

BARCELONA will be without summer signing Sergio Aguero until November.

The Manchester City legend joined Barca on a free transfer earlier this summer, and had hoped to play alongside long-time friend and godfather to his son Benjamin, Lionel Messi.

But both Aguero and Barca have been dealt a double whammy after Aguero suffered a calf injury that will now force him to miss up to three months of competitive action, and Messi is reportedly close to joning Paris Saint-Germain for free.

Now Barcelona have confirmed that Aguero will be out for 10 weeks with a calf injury, before he has even played a game for them.

Aguero has picked up a calf injury on the eve of the new LaLiga season, leaving Barca to rely on Martin Braithwaite and new signing Memphis Depay.

The club tweeted on Monday morning: "LATEST NEWS | Tests carried out on first team player Kun Agüero have confirmed a right calf injury. He will be out around ten weeks."

The news is a huge blow for the club, just days after announcing Messi's shock departure.

Despite wanting to stay at Barca, Messi couldn't renew his contract due LaLiga's financial rules on salary caps - making him the hottest free agent in football history.

In his farewell press conference on Sunday, Messi confirmed that he wanted to stay at Barca - the club where he began his professional career.

And revealed that he agreed to take a 50 per cent wage cut to do so.

He said: "I don’t know, what I am clear about is that I did everything I could. Laporta said we couldn’t do it because of the league [rules].

"I can tell you that I did all that I could to stay, because I wanted to stay.”

He continued: "I offered to reduce my salary by 50 per cent, but they didn’t ask me for anything else.

"The news I asked for 30 per cent more is a lie, a lot of things people are saying are not true.”

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Despite the devastating news of his best friends departure, Aguero has squashed rumours of an early departure from the club.

And confirmed his commitment to reporters outside the club's training ground.

He told reporters: "Don’t worry, you have me all year long."

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