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Santiago Gimenez He is one of the Mexican figures in Europe at the moment due to his great performance with the feyenoord from the Netherlands. His great performances would have earned him to be in the crosshairs of the Benfica of Portugal.
According to the front page of the Portuguese newspaper Récord, the team led by the German roger schmidt He has been closely following the young attacker and his good journey through the Dutch League in which he even scored against Edson Álvarez’s Ajax Amsterdam last weekend.
According to the information, the Benfica would be interested in Giménez to replace the possible loss of Goncalo Ramos, starting forward for the Águilas and who already stood out in the Qatar 2022 World Cup with Portugal by replacing Cristiano Ronaldo in the round of 16 vs. Swiss.
In that match, Ramos ended up scoring a hat trick. That performance plus his appearances in the national league and the UEFA Champions League have helped him attract the attention of other greats in Europe.
Benfica is in the quarterfinals of the European Cup and so far this season, Gonçalo has accumulated 23 goals between the ‘Primeira Liga’ and the Champions League. For his part, ‘El Bebote’ has scored eight goals with Feyenoord without being the undisputed starter.
It is necessary to remember that Robert Schmidt directed the Mexican Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández when he went through Bayern Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. Benfica has established itself as one of the best-selling clubs in Europe, as they buy relatively cheap and when the players exploit their potential, they end up leaving for record numbers like Enzo Fernández’s at Chelsea.
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