Sergio Aguero names the three players he thinks will step up and become Argentina's 'next leaders' after Lionel Messi retires

Sergio Aguero has named 3 players he thinks will transportation nan torch for Argentina whenever his awesome friend Lionel Messi retires from world football.

Messi and his Argentina team-mates are attempting to travel up their World Cup triumph pinch Copa America glory this summer.

They are connected people to do truthful having won each 3 group games to group up a quarter-final conflict pinch Ecuador connected Thursday night.

Messi hasn't been rather arsenic influential arsenic he was successful Qatar, having registered nary goals and 1 assistance successful nan tourney astatine this stage.

Lautaro Martinez has been nan prima of nan show truthful acold pinch 4 goals successful 3 appearances.

This isn't peculiarly shocking pinch Messi having conscionable turned 37 years aged and Argentina fans are starting to see what life will beryllium for illustration without their main man successful nan future.

And Aguero believes location are 3 men who are fresh to measurement successful and capable what will beryllium a sizeable void.

'In my sentiment our adjacent leaders will beryllium Julian Álvarez, Alexis Mac Allister, and Enzo Fernandez,' he told Stake.com.

'Some opportunity Emiliano Martinez, but nan goalkeeper's roles are different, they person a different type of leadership. But I deliberation that towards nan future, those are nan players.' 

All 3 of those stars ply their waste and acquisition successful nan Premier League pinch an mean property of conscionable 24.

They each played large roles successful La Albiceleste's World Cup triumph and Aguero is assured they tin proceed to person a large power connected nan nationalist team.