COSTLY ... Aguero is after a fortune
Chelsea's top earners at the moment are skipper John
Terry and midfielder Frank Lampard on around £150,000 a week.
Aguero's salary demand could well end up pricing him out of a move
to Chelsea, as he would also command a transfer fee of around
£35m.
New boss Carlo Ancelotti has already started
considering alternatives and has upped his interest in Aguero's
fellow Argentinian Carlos Tevez, whose loan deal at Manchester
United finishes this month.
Ancelotti even telephoned Tevez personally to try to
sell his plans for Chelsea this week. Chelsea chief executive Peter
Kenyon is overseeing the move for 21-year-old Aguero. He insists
the club must trim its wage bill and attempt to reduce costs as
part of a long-term plan to become self-sufficient without the need
for subsidy from owner Roman Abramovich.
Aguero would pocket £6m a year AFTER
tax if he gets his way on wages. Andrea Pirlo last night became the
latest AC Milan player to offer himself to Chelsea.
Defensive midfielder Gennaro Gattuso has already hinted
he is interested in a move to Stamford Bridge and now playmaker
Pirlo, 30, has followed suit.
He said: "Perhaps it's possible that I could join
Ancelotti in London. He is a great coach and perhaps I could play
with him again."