Sergio Aguero has plunged his future at Manchester City into fresh doubt by admitting the club will decide whether he stays or leaves in the summer.

Aguero’s admission comes with City’s hierarchy holding an internal transfer meeting this week to determine whether they bring forward plans to sign Alexis Sanchez in the wake of Gabriel Jesus’s knee injury by bidding for the Arsenal striker this month.

A move for a centre-back to bolster Pep Guardiola’s defence was also high on the agenda, with Real Sociedad’s Inigo Martinez, West Bromwich Albion defender Jonny Evans and Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti on their radar after Virgil van Dijk joined Liverpool.

Aguero said he hoped to see out the remaining 2½ years on his contract at City but could not be sure what the summer would bring in remarks that echoed comments he made in February last year, when the Argentina striker first suggested his future was dependent on the club’s wishes.

“I have until 2020, I think,” Aguero said when asked about his future in another vague reference to the length of his current contract. “The truth is that I hope to see out my contract and I’ll try to do my best from here until the end of the season, and after that we will see what happens with me.”