Sergio Aguero has revealed details of an audio message sent to him by world champion boxer Canelo Alvarez.
The pair became embroiled in a war of words when Canelo sent a threat to Lionel Messi after the Paris Saint-Germain striker appeared to kick a Mexico shirt, shortly after their clash in the World Cup.
Canelo was offended by the images and saw them as a disrespect to his country.
He then launched an angry tirade at the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner.
He said: “Did you see Messi cleaning the floor with our jersey and our flag.
“He better pray to God that I don’t find him. Just as I respect Argentina, he must respect Mexico!
“I’m not talking about the country as a whole, just the bulls**t Messi has done.”
Former Manchester City and Argentina striker Sergio Aguero jumped to Messi’s defense, replying: “Mr Canelo, don’t look for excuses or problems, surely you don’t know football and what’s going on. goes into a locker room.
“The shirts are always on the floor after games from sweating, then if you can see he makes the move to take the boot off and hits it accidentally.”
Canelo fired back with, “You too, bitch? You used to write me ‘oh, oh, Canelo,’ and now you’re crying. Don’t be a hypocrite, b******.
A brave Agüero replied on Twitter: “You have earned the hatred of all Argentina. Just with Messi is like saying something against Maradona. You played with fire.
“‘So, I’m sorry, I followed you on Instagram, but I stopped following you. I liked you, I don’t like you today.
Canelo has since apologized for his comments after a cooling off period, with the feud now appearing to be over.
But Aguero has now revealed details of an audio message sent to him by the boxer at the height of the exchange and admitted he was petrified when he received it.
“He sent me an audio,” Aguero said.
“Do you know how much I fuck myself? When I saw my WhatsApp and read ‘Canelo audio message’ I said ‘oh shit’.
“He said to me, ‘Asshole face, I liked you, asshole’.
“I said, ‘Mr. Canelo, I think you are wrong, you don’t know Leo, at no time did he step on the Mexico shirt. Admit you’re wrong’, and he told me to respect his opinion.
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