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Gimenez admits to being flattered by Milan interest: “When they called me I was like wow”

Santiago Gimenez has confirmed that AC Milan tried to sign him in the summer window, and admitted he was flatted by the interest.

It is no secret that Milan are big admirers of Gimenez, having been linked with him in multiple transfer windows. They are trying to get him at present too, with reports today suggesting that the aim is to sign the Mexico international prior to Sunday’s derby against Inter.

As if that weren’t enough, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was asked about the 23-year-old during the unveiling of Kyle Walker at Casa Milan yesterday, and he had nothing but words of praise.

Feyenoord have asked for 48 hours to reflect on things, but they want Gimenez for the Lille game to close the first phase of the UCL with a win and a shot at the top eight, especially after his brace against Bayern Munich showed that he can do it at the highest level.

Gimenez was a guest on the podcast ‘We Are Brave’ and in a long chat he was asked about the reports that he could have joined Milan in the summer, which he confirmed were true.

“I was continuing to improve, even though the media didn’t want to admit it and the statistics spoke for me. Then Nottingham Forest arrived and made an offer,” he began.

“Feyenoord weren’t convinced and asked me: ‘What do you want to do?’. I had other clubs talking to me and saying they would make other offers, so I decided to wait. The right time had come to go, after two years I had won almost everything with the Dutch club.

“On the last day Milan arrived and put half of what Nottingham had offered on the table and obviously the club refused. It would have been a great opportunity, other opportunities will come, but when they called me I was like: ‘wow’.”

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37 Comments

  1. If we don’t sign him, it doesn’t matter if we save thier town from a typhoon, the only thing that matters now is we do the deal and puts pen to paper ever other thing is crap at this point.

    1. Yeah lets have the Chelsea fan mentality the only thing that matters is signing Enzo Fernandez for 120m, who cares about results, need Transfer window dopamine

      That was literally them 2 years ago

        1. That guy doesn’t understand half of the things he reads. That is why he writes incoherent sentences that have nothing to do with the original comments. He actually thinks he is responding to it…

        2. yeah so bizzare calling out useless fans who are addicted to transfer window dopamine and then try to ignore it when called out. And the way you people treat every transfer rumour as the truth is getting embarrassing

          also what type of idiot writes ‘hey Milan needs to sign this no matter what, its more important than saving a town from a storm’

          literal teenage mentality .

  2. ““On the last day Milan arrived and put half of what Nottingham had offered…”

    And some reporters wrote that Milan tried to table a serious offer for him at the end of window. This sounds like an insult, not a serious offer.

    1. This management are an embarrassment to the club.

      It’s quite simple if you can’t afford something or are unwilling to pay then don’t waste peoples time.

      2 things in that comment,

      “the last day” – what a bunch or amateurs
      offered half of what forest did so prob 15m

      If I was Feyenord I would tell them to f-ck off back to Lidl.

      I have no doubt we won’t sign him and afterwards it will come out from Feyenord that we never made a serious offer

  3. “On the last day Milan arrived and put half of what Nottingham had offered on the table and obviously the club refused.” HAHAHAHAHAHA forest offered 33 we offered 17 mil what a f***ng joke this is

  4. I kind of thought that Gerry will have a change of heart considering the mess he created and put this club in since taking over, and would open the wallet for Gimenez. Make some kind of a state signing.

    20 millions + bonuses in 4 installments is what this cheap greaseball put on the table for him. An insult to both Feyenoord and AC Milan fans who spend money and buy tickets to go and support this midtable team week in week out.

    Still he has the face to increase ticket prices. Straight pathetic and insulting. Disgusting Guinea pr*ck.

    It’s time I reignite the nickname I gave the team in their banter era – Les Midtables.

    1. Nott forest offer 33m euro rejected by feyenoord. And here come ACM offer half from that amount. I dont know what are they thinking, did they think feyenoord stupid ? With that amount you can only buy tammy abraham. . It seems ACM limitation now only 20m euro + add on few million euro

  5. If we don’t have enough money, we must not have the audacity to offer clubs with ridiculous amounts. Be mindful with our own capacity. Some clubs will take that as insult and it can complicate us with dealing with them in the future.

    1. I was going to say the exact same thing. I like BMW but i’m not going to a dealer and say “i like your M5, let me give you 10K and a promise that if i sell it, you get 20%”.
      please. it’s an insult. to everyone.

  6. Wow people in here are not smart at all.

    You know the difference between Milan and Nottingham?

    Nottingham have NOTHING to offer except money.

    Milan is a world beating brand with Millions of eyes on it every weekend, they have a very rich history, its located in one of the finest sprawling cities in the world.

    And all you who say they should offer him what he is worth… he is worth nothing except what Feyenoord wants and other teams want to offer.. Learn business when buying favors its not like buying things.

    1. Being a “world beating brand with Millions of eyes on it every weekend, they have a very rich history, its located in one of the finest sprawling cities in the world” and still not being able to offer what Notts are offering.

      It’s scary this fanbase doesn’t deem this as embarassing anymore and nowadays. It’s like you’ve settled that AC Milan “a world beatig brand with rich histroy” are a participation team, getting to that top 4 and occasionally out of CL group stages. It’s just sad.

      1. No its scary to see fans who dont know what Milan is.

        Ive been watching Milan for 25 years, do you know how many of theese years Milan have been a force to reckon? … 7… 7 years is the answer Ted… between 2000 and 2007 Milan were top tier.. after that its been a mediocre team as best.

        You need to wake up its not the same team it was prior to 2007. You can deny it all you want but that is the real truth.

        1. You are contradicting yourself. In OP you’re talking about how legendary we are and how big and now you’re saying we’re not what we used to be. No we’re not but we’re being outspend by Notts ffs.

          I’ve been around since 98, through good and bad. But to say Milan were a force for 7 years it’s insulting. By 1994 they already won their fifth European cup. Names on the team back then, I probably don’t need to list right?

          Anyway, we could again be competitive. Maldini under Elliott showed we can be while being financially sound. We won Scudetto again and all they needed to do was to build on that. But no, we’re better off participating, buying cheap midtable worthy players while selling overpriced but cheap generic merchandise in hope to qualify for CL.

          It’s not like we want them to throw 70 or 80 millions a player. 35 millions in today’s market is pretty average. Something Notts can easily spend. But not us. Milan are allowed to spend more than Inter or Juve. The books and FFP regulations even allow us to make 60 millions loss if needed.

        1. They don’t want to force him out of his contract; they want him to play for them. If he wants to go to another club, that club must pay the sum Feyenoord want. Regardless of if they are a big or small club.

      1. Even a day old babe would understand this, with their still developing brains.
        It’s like he read the article, but then decided to dump everything down the chute. And he has the affront to call others not smart 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    2. This comment is so very brain deficient.

      He says nothingham has nothing to offer and talks about rich history, yet they have 2 ucl and are willing to spend more.

      And them he mentions Milan and thinks the player would. Come because Milan. Has a rich history and a mega brand but is poor on actually solving thier businesses.

      🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Did you even read WHT you wrote. Why would feyenoord sell and devalue their profits, when they can cash out better what his transfer is.

      A very brain dead comment indeed. A brain deficient individual accuses others of. Not been smart. Smh

  7. when you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. They offered half price because they assumed his club were desperate and pressed for money.
    How are the mighty fallen!
    We are not advocating we spend humongous money but astute purchases for clearly evident upgrades. Penny pinching in this case just damages our reputation.

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