‘Focus is only on Milan’ – Romano offers update on Gimenez’s difficult situation

Santiago Gimenez’s start to this season has been poor, but it is not through a lack of trying for the AC Milan striker, far from it.

Everyone can see the work that Gimenez does, and denying/ignoring that would be unfair. The Mexican has regularly been praised by Massimiliano Allegri for this, too, which adds significant credit to his situation.

Unfortunately, though, his account is still in the negatives. Milan, ultimately, paid a big price for a striker who has not scored goals regularly yet. Regardless of anything else, that fact is undeniable and difficult to hide from.

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Gimenez’s focus

With that said, there also remains pressure on him for that to change, too much, perhaps. Gimenez is certainly trying, but perhaps he is trying too hard.

Whatever the situation is, he remains focused on the challenges at hand, and Fabrizio Romano has offered an update on his situation on his YouTube channel, as MilanNews relays.

He’s certainly not going through an easy period. Gimenez isn’t taking refuge in the transfer market; he’s working hard to prove he can be important for this Milan. When a player isn’t performing well, rumours will start circulating about a possible departure in January, but Santi isn’t taking refuge in the transfer market.

“He wants to play his cards to the max, he knows he has to improve, he’s the first to know it, but he doesn’t want to get discouraged and look for the easy way out.

“He’s not thinking about the transfer market; he hasn’t asked his agent to explore other options. His focus is only on Milan, his focus is solely on recovering in the best possible way. This is the player’s position, then, as always, the pitch will decide.”