Friday, October 25

Raúl Jiménez does not rule out returning to América

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By Edgardo Avelar

24 Oct 2024, 11:00 PM EDT

Raul Jimenez, He has taken his second wind in the Premier League and after his first stage with 40 goals at Wolverhampton, now with Fulham, he seems like a child with new shoes by adding eleven goals, but those achievements do not cloud his mind and his plans do not rule out returning to America.

In an interview for the Claro Sports network, the so-called Wolf of Tepeji highlighted the moment he is going throughbut he does not let himself be carried away by the song of the sirens and assures that the best of his career is yet to come and that after exhausting his time in Europe, he would love to be back in the team where he was born.

“It’s something I’ve always said, that I would like to return and play in America, It is something that I have always expressed, but hey, let’s go step by step. The good and important thing is what I am experiencing now and if I continue like I am demonstrating I can still do important things.”

“I have a contract until 2025 with the option to renew for one year.” more and I plan to do it, then we will see about the return to América,” said Jiménez, who also mentioned that he would like to take penalties on the team.

“But they are decisions that do not concern me, “Whoever collects them has more time on the team and the only thing left to do is to support us in achieving important things,” he said.

Until now, Jiménez has been ten years since he played his last game in América to make a tour that includes Atlético de Madrid, Benfica, Wolverhampton and Fulham, being his best moments with Wolverhampton.

Before starting your European journey, Jiménez played 103 games with the Coapa team, where he managed to score 38 goals with 17 assists, in three seasons with the American shirt, while in the Premier League, as we already said, he has 51 goals in 167 games with Wolverhampton and Fulham.

Even the striker of the Mexican team He also had to overcome a serious injury in October 2020 in a tremendous clash with the Brazilian David Luiz in a duel between Wolverhampton vs. Arsenal, where Jiménez got the worst of it and in sports it took him almost three years to recover his football level.

Tottenham's Micky van de Ven, left, challenges for the ball with Fulham's Raul Jimenez during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung )
Raúl Jiménez has taken his second wind in the Premier League where he hopes to continue for a long time.
Credit: Kin Cheung | AP

To show a button of Jiménez’s great moment with the great goal with the Mexican team in the last preparation game against the United States in a duel held on October 15 at the Akron stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco and which served for the victory over the North Americans 2-0 in the fourth game of Javier “Vasco” Aguirre’s process.

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