The presence of Santiago Gimenez in Milan’s match against Atalanta, on Easter Sunday evening for the 33rd round of the Serie A Enilive championship, is still in doubt
The Spanish center forward, who in the match against Fiorentina took a knock in a clash with De Gea, missed the match against Udinese last Friday and there is still no certainty that he will be part of the squad in three days. Today he carried out personalized training with Maignan, but both underwent preparatory work for a return to the field in the coming days.
The last goal scored by the Mexican center forward, and even in this case, fate seems to be playing with the feelings of the Rossoneri fans and the player himself, came against his former team, Feyenoord: it was February 18th, and it was the second leg of the Champions League playoffs, which Milan would then go on to lose. Before that goal, Gimenez had scored two more goals in the league, against Empoli and Verona. In the league, then, the dry spell has lasted even longer. In the meantime, during this period, Tammy Abraham and even the revived Luka Jovic have taken advantage and essentially caught up with or sometimes even overtaken the number 7 in the pecking order.
It may seem — and certainly is — a cliché, but Milan needs his goals. The club management invested just over 30 million in January to snatch him from a club that less than a month later would eliminate the Rossoneri team from top-tier European competition. Beyond all discussions about adaptation, physical issues, and the general difficulties of the team, the Mexican forward must start scoring. In the first half of the season, with due consideration for the level of the Dutch league, Gimenez had scored 14 goals in 18 matches: impressive numbers and averages at any latitude and against any opponent. It is essential from now on for Milan — and for the player — to try to find the turning point needed to raise his performance, otherwise the risk of seeing yet another investment up front slip away could grow increasingly real.
