Is Sergio Aguero the right player to replace Carlos Tevez at Manchester City?

The king is dead, long live El Kun. That's the positionManchester City find themselves in at present, with Carlos Tevez seemingly on his way to Corinthians and fellow Argentine striker Sergio 'Kun' Aguero the No.1 target as his replacement.

But just how suited is Aguero to assuming Tevez's mantle? Can he be the player City need him to be to push neighbours Manchester United all the way in the title race?

Had it not been for Tevez last season - and the season before that too - then City would have ended the campaign in a very different position. He was joint top of the scoring charts in the Premier League alongside former United team-mate Dimitar Berbatov, and it was not just the volume of goals but their importance too.

When City needed inspiration, they always had Tevez. When City were making a meal of trying to beat Wolves at home in January while top of the league, up stepped Tevez with two sublime goals to see his team through. 

There was the awesome quality that shone through at set-pieces, as well as the passion demonstrated so memorably against Chelsea in a 4-2 win at Stamford Bridge in February 2010 in a game that will forever be remembered for Wayne Bridge snubbing John Terry's handshake. 

Tevez seemed to take up Bridge's cause with two goals and a tireless display that threw doubt over Chelsea's title ambitions - and yet Carlo Ancelotti's men lost only once more in the league that season and completed the double for the first time in their history.

And then there was the vendetta against Manchester United, the taunting of both Sir Alex Ferguson and Gary Neville that seemed to speak for every City supporter who had suffered in the shadow of their rivals for so long - in Tevez, they had a genuine cause celebre.

Can Aguero pick up where Tevez leaves off? The statistics at least are encouraging: