Aguero is one of eight strikers now on Manchester City's books
Manchester City's record signing Sergio Aguero is set to be on the bench for Sunday's Community Shield against Manchester United at Wembley.
The Argentina striker has had blistered feet since his move from Atletico Madrid but is now training as normal.Fellow new signings Stefan Savic and Gael Clichy will also feature.
Last season's captain and top scorer Carlos Tevez is still on leave after the Copa America and is not expected to report back to the club until Monday.
Manager Roberto Mancini said: "Sergio is OK. He had a problem, but on Thursday he did 20 minutes training.
"I don't think he's 100% ready but he is fit to be on the bench."
Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick is likely to miss out after picking up a slight Achilles problem in Edwin van der Sar's testimonial on Wednesday.
Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia and Rafael are all back in training while Javier Hernandez will miss the start of the season after he suffered from a concussion last month.
Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Chicharito [Hernandez] won't be involved for maybe another two or three weeks.
"He had a concussion some years ago and we are just playing safe with that but he should be back by the end of August."
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