By Sergio Silva
01 Nov 2024, 12:52 PM EDT
TO Raul Jimenez He would like to see Santiago Giménez in a Premier League team, even in one of the big ones, since he believes that the Mexican attacker who plays for Feyenoord has the “qualities” to shine in that tournament.
In an interview with TUDN the “Lobo de Tepeji” spoke about “Chaquito” whom he praised even though he is currently He is out of action due to a muscle injury. which he suffered a little over a month ago and from which he hopes to return at the end of this month.
“He has the qualities to be able to be in a Premier League team, to be able to compete in a big team”assured the Fulham player who is currently having a good time in the English championship.
“He is a great player who has shown good things in Dutch football. “We have to wait for him to return from this injury and maybe in the next summer market he can make that leap in quality.”commented Jiménez, who this season has four goals in nine games in the English league.
The Fulham player, who is preparing for what will be this Monday’s match for the tenth day of the Premier League in which they will face Brentford, also spoke about the opportunity that Santiago Giménez had to reach the English championship hand in hand from Nottingham Forest.
“I don’t know if he was wrong or not, they are very personal decisions”Jiménez commented, referring to the negotiations that “Bebote” had with the English team that made several formal offers to Feyenoord for the Mexican but that in the end were rejected since he opted to stay in the Eredivisie.
Raúl Jiménez, 33 years old, recalled his personal experience when he arrived in England with Wolverhampton in the 2018-2019 season after several years in the Old Continent after making the leap in 2014 after his time in the Club América of Liga MX.
“I came here to the Premier League to a recently promoted team, but we managed to have a great campaign by getting into the Europa League”recalled Jiménez who stressed that Santiago Giménez knows very well why he made the decision to pass up the offers from Nottingham Forest.
“He will have his reasons and his motives. They supported him to the fullest and as long as it was what he wanted, we hope that later he will have another opportunity.”the Fulham player closed regarding the future of his compatriot.
Let us remember that Santiago Giménez has been the protagonist of rumors about his possible departure from Feyenoord since last season due to the alleged interest of teams in Spain, Italy and England, which was confirmed with the negotiations that took place before the start of this season with Nottingham.
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