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Sergio Aguero is set to give City’ s title push a huge boost by joining the squad for Saturday’s clash with Southampton.

The Blues striker has been out over three weeks with a hamstring problem he picked up in the Nou Camp defeat by Barcelona.

‘Kun’ is unlikely to start against the Saints, but manager Manuel Pellegrini is hoping to put him on the bench, and then bring him back to the starting line-up in the crucial showdown at Liverpool next week.

It appeared Aguero was losing his fight to be ready for Southampton when he said in a TV interview: “With this recovery I am trying to do my best to be able to play again but I cannot do it in a hurry.”

But it transpired that interview was recorded last week and this week Aguero has stepped up his recovery programme and has trained with the full squad.