A potentially sensational story has emerged as Arsenal and Manchester City are apparently ready to make one of the biggest swaps in history of football.

They aren’t, of course, but let’s pretend they are…

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Since the day he arrived at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola has expressed a desire to replace Aguero as his first choice striker and the Argentinian doesn’t seem to fit his idea of how City should play.

Aguero kept his head down, got his chance and went on to, once again, become the club’s top goalscorer (33 goals – 106 minutes per-goal) leaving their second best scorer, Raheem Sterling, far behind with 23 goals fewer.

Alexis Sanchez, on the other hand, played in multiple positions last season, and was Arsene Wenger’s first choice as striker in multiple games, ending the season with 30 goals (141 minutes per-goal).

The shot accuracy of both players is similar – Aguero 52% – Sanchez 58% but the Argentinian takes more shots at goal (4.48) than the Chilean (3.37) and has a slightly better record for scoring goals per-game with 0.65 goals compared to Sanchez’s 0.63, a margin so small that it should be considered irrelevant.

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