Alessandro Costacurta has expressed his concern about AC Milan’s winter signing Santiago Gimenez, who he does not believe gets involved in the game enough.
After a red hot start with his new club, Gimenez seems to be struggling to find the net a bit more. His last goal came against Feyenoord during the second leg of the Champions League play-off tie, back on February 18.
In certain situations he has been unlucky, such as hitting the post and having a goal called off against Lecce for a marginal offside, yet there must also be some concern about the €32m investment given he was supposed to be the answer to the scoring woes.
Speaking in the Sky studios, former Milan defender Costacurta expressed his opinion on Gimenez as his drought in front of goal reached one month. MilanPress relayed his comments.
“He doesn’t seem like a driving force to me, perhaps when he arrived he was enthusiastic at the beginning, there was that adrenaline in having changed teams but then he dropped along with Milan, him like the others. The Mexican is often out of the Rossoneri’s game, he seems absent in every action,” he said.
Another thing of note in the win over Como on Saturday was that Tammy Abraham came off the bench and contributed more, getting a lovely assist for Tijjani Reijnders’ winning goal.
He is not absent. He is this type of player.
He offers a lot in the box, very little outside the box.
I think what would be enough is to watch his average positions before and here at Milan. You can’t score from the halfway line and Gimenez is a poacher, not a dribbler, not a 200CM player to hold up play and pass around. Milan knew (or should have known) what they got. Like that pass to Pulisic, Gimenez needs balls like that, in the box. Not to pass on the halfway line and “build” the attack.
Well he had few of those but always wasted them. Fans are so biased with the new signings and always excusing them. Gimenez is just another Piatek if not worse.
Incopetent scouting and assessment of the value and quality/potential. Yet another
what did you expect from a player who only joined for a few months? a double digit goals or what? IMO he needs at least 2 seasons to settle, don’t want that CDK case to be repeated.
Sell him and a few more players then sign oshimen
Another bust….hahaha
Give him a chance. Less goal means little support in assist. Put 2 striker to release him.
I was not a fan of the player, but even I can say what is absent is service to Gimenez, no Gimenez himself.
This is just another example of poor squad construction. We bought a fox-in-the-box when we have Jovic and refuse to use him.
We play best with link up and transition yet Tammy and Camarda get garbage minutes.
If we were gonna add a 9 it needed to be a profile like Tammy but more clinical.
Ultimately we need a coach who plays a system that matches the players on the roster. Sarge cannot get a toon out of Felix whom he chose personally.
Case closed.
Get an SD and get out of his way
Insightful.
He is absent because he goes too much back to help the defense so Mr. Leao can walk back slowly .
He is then missing in attack and when he is in attack in many situation in last games i saw that the players didnt pass him the ball.He is wasting his power and endurance in defence, i never watched him in Feyenoord but am pretty sure he was a classic striker/poacher there who didnt waste his energy in defense and had players who wanted to pass him the ball.
Yep 3 goals and 2 assists in 10 games while feeling off scraps. Just imagine if he had timed his run against Lecce by fraction of a second better…
He needs to take up better positions to often he’s caught up in the build up or as part of a 2-1 on the wing. He seems fine when the ball gets to him in the box. He’s actually pretty good at holding off challenges and generating a shot, he just needs to spend more time in the box and could benefit from more service
2 of his goals are taps in Jovic scores.
It continues to amaze me the way the industry doesn’t seem to see the difference between scoring a goal and being a good player / playing well.
With the emergence of Tijji as a legit scoring threat, to go with Leao and Pulisic who are both deadly from the wings, I’d like to see a mobile CF who can pass and combine well. We have enough players who can put the ball in the net, someone with vision and passing ability would thrive (we’ve seen Tammy provide this during brief glimpses).
I know this sounds crazy, but João Felix actually fits that profile. Maybe it is too crazy, but I’d be very curious to see a match with João leading the line.
All players need time to adapt, look at Mbappe in Madrid, Santi played to his full potential, he played a role in attracting the opposing defenders, so that his teammates get space., FORZA MILAN.