Sergio Aguero talks friendship with Lionel Messi and their first meeting in his new book
Sergio Aguero has revealed in his new autobiography that his Argentina team-mate Lionel Messi light-heartedly told him "don't cheat on me" after they were separated as room-mates recently.
They first played with each other for Argentina’s U-17 side back in 2005, and they have been extremely close friends ever since, so much so that the two have shared rooms together when on national duty for no less than the last 9 years.
However, Aguero was forced to stay alone on an international trip recently due to Messi missing the trip, and the Manchester City striker acknowledged that the two later shared a joke about it. In his new book ‘Born to Rise’, he revealed: "When one of us is not there, we'll be on our own in the room. Last time when he was missing he sent me a text saying, ‘Who have they put you with?’
“I texted back: “Don’t worry about it, love – I’m alone!” But he shot back: ‘Don’t be cheating on me!’”
Didn’t know about Messi during first meeting in 2005
Talking about their first meeting in 2005, Aguero said, "The first time I met Leo Messi I didn't know who he was, only that I couldn't believe the boots he was wearing. But he is like a brother to me.
"After a while I looked at him and said: ''Sorry, what’s your name?''
"He just replied: 'Leo.' ''Leo,'' I said, ''Leo what...?'' 'Lionel,' he answered. 'Lionel Messi.'
"I recognized the name from somewhere and eventually remembered he was the kid from Rosario who had gone to Barcelona," Aguero recalled.
Habit of watching late-night TV annoys Messi
The former Atletico Madrid striker also said that Messi falls asleep quite quickly the night before a game and that his contrasting habit of watching TV late in the night is the one thing that really gets on the nerves of the Barcelona forward.
“He tends to fall asleep quite quickly and the only thing that annoys him is that I like to watch TV with the sound down,” he said.
“When I fall asleep, he wakes up and comes looking for the remote. When he’s asleep I have to tiptoe to the toilet and stop my phone from vibrating in case it wakes him up.”