The newspapers this morning have given some coverage to the saga surrounding Santiago Gimenez, which has had many recent instalments.
This morning’s edition of Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) recalls that there were many rumours swirling above Gimenez’s head in the final days of the transfer window, but in the end the Mexican remained at Milan.
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Igli Tare’s statement shortly before the game in Lecce, in which he basically said “We’re trying to swap Gimenez for Dovbyk”, was certainly one that raised eyebrows from the fans because it is rare a director is so transparent.
Meanwhile, Gimenez’s father also spoke to ClaroSports yesterday about the final days of the transfer window and that has added fuel to the idea that there were some disagreements. The striker has the club’s backing, the paper adds, but it will be a two-way mission to get his confidence back.
Today’s edition of Tuttosport ran the following headline this morning: “Father of Gimenez: ‘Strange things have happened’.” The newspaper quoted Christian’s ‘outburst’, about how the situation was ‘confusing’ and made him feel ‘sick’ towards the end of the mercato.
Gimenez may have won his battle to remain at Milan – which he always wanted to do – but now he must repay the club’s investment while under added scrutiny given the way the last 72 hours of the window went, not by his own fault.
Newspaper: asks question
Subject: responds in a rational manner
Newspaper: OUTBURST! CONTROVERSY! CONFLICT!
First time in my life I hear a professional sporting director saying in front of media that he’s trying to swap a six month recruit for an absolute failure, like kids with pokémon cards after school, a few moments before the end of the mercato, after the player’s agent said twice that he would stay, after the coach publicly supported the player, after 37 other movements in the window.
But I guess Tare wasn’t dancing the moon walk while responding so it’s probably what you call a “rational manner”.
The poster above was talking about Christian Gimenez’s (Santi’s dad) rational answer, misconstrued as an outburst. Not Tare’s which can’t be called rational at all.
Tare’s attitude publicly throwing our player under the bus (while also publicly criticizing the head coach’s formation which is really not something the Sporting Director should be talking about given that the formation is the exclusive responsibility of the head coach) was nothing short of a full disgrace and was incredibly unprofessional. It’s amateur hour, while Tare is supposed to be experienced; should have known better. Clownish! Very disappointing.
Not to forget, swapping Gimenez for Dovbyk would have been extremely stupid and would only have benefited Roma. Fortunately it didn’t happen. While Santi Gimenez hasn’t fulfilled his potential yet and he seriously needs to practice his first touch, he’s still much better than the mediocre Dovbyk.
Damn my bad then, apologies! This comment section is bad for my nerves… Thanks for the correction.