Gimenez was the marquee signing of the most recent winter transfer window, with Milan shelling out €32m plus €3m in bonuses to snatch him from Feyenoord. It was a significant investment that only partially paid off on the pitch with six goals and three assists.
At certain points he found himself behind Luka Jovic and Tammy Abraham in the pecking order, two forwards who will not be part of Massimiliano Allegri’s Milan due to their respective expiring contract and loan deals.
Calciomercato.com report that the reboot in the centre-forward area does not necessarily stop at Gimenez. An exit would be quite a statement, considering that he arrived at Milan only six months after a year-long courtship and with a big economic investment.
However, the Mexican must work even harder to gain the trust of Tare and Allegri. The rumours talk about Milan being engaged in the search for an international level striker, a starter like Dusan Vlahovic or Mateo Retegui.
Those two are certainly difficult to get, but Tare’s attempts are real and concrete. At the moment, nothing or almost nothing is filtering out from the club about Gimenez, much less the idea of trying to put him on the market to raise money.
In the next few days Tare will have a meeting with agent Rafaela Pimenta and Santi’s father, Christian, to take stock of the situation. The new Milan sporting director wants to understand what the intentions and thoughts of the former Feyenoord player’s entourage are.
