Aguero repeats desire to abandon Atletico Madrid

 　　MADRID, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Atletico Madrid striker Kun Aguero on Wednesday repeated his desire to abandon the club before the start of next season.

　　Speaking to television station 'ESPN', Aguero insisted that he didn't want to continue playing his football at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.

　　Aguero said at the end of last season that he wanted to leave Atletico, who finished seventh in the BBVA Primera Liga last season, in order to progress in his career.

　　For the moment, despite interest in the player, who is currently¹ playing for Argentina in the Copa America, no other club has moved in to pay his 45 million euros buyout clause². That had served to raise hopes at Atletico that the striker, who scored 20 league goals last season could be persuaded to stay.

　　Those hopes were raised further last week by declarations³ from Aguero's father that he would be playing his football at the Calderon again next season.

　　Now, however, the striker has spoken to dash those expectations.

　　"I spoke⁴ with the club. I published a communique and now my agents are negotiating⁵ my exit from the club," said Aguero, who has spent the past four seasons with Atletico.

　　"I don't know when that agreement will be reached, but I want to know when the Copa America finishes," he underlined.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

2 clause   

n.（正式文件或法律文件的）条款，从句，分句

参考例句：

• The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.这句中有一个主句和一个从句。
• What clause do you require in the contract?你要求在合同中订上什么条款？

3 declarations   

n.宣布( declaration的名词复数 )；宣言；申报（单）；申诉

参考例句：

• Consular invoices are declarations made at the consulate of the importing country. 领事发票是进口国领事馆签发的一种申报书。 来自辞典例句
• Nothing could have been more open than her declarations about herself. 没有什么会比她讲到她自己时更坦率的了。 来自辞典例句

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 negotiating   

n. 谈判 动词negotiate的现在分词

参考例句：

• They were coerced into negotiating a settlement. 他们被迫通过谈判解决。
• We want to get all the parties back to the negotiating table. 我们想把有关各方拉回到谈判桌上来。