straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola raised hopes that Sergio Aguero will be fit to take on Real Madrid in the Champions League in two weeks.
The Manchester City striker was expected to have to sit out the crunch game against the La Liga champions after suffering a knee injury that required surgery in Barcelona.
However, as reported by the Mail and Times, the Argentine has been working hard to prove his fitness in time for the August 7 clash as he attempts to make one of City's biggest matches of the season.
Guardiola knows he will have to make do without the suspended Benjamin Mendy for the Madrid game - that was one of the reasons he tried out Joao Cancelo in the left-back spot against Watford - but failed to rule Aguero out of his.
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