Tottenham made a late push to the January transfer window to strengthen its workforce in the midst of a growing crisis of injury, but its efforts to sign Santiago Gimenez ended up disappointed.
With the attacking reinforcements a maximum priority, Spurs fixed his vision to Gimenez, who had been a Long -term target for the club. However, despite a strong approach, Tottenham could not convince the Mexican striker to move to northern London.
Santiago Gimenez’s Tottenham search ends in disappointment
According to Daniele Longo of CalciomercatoThe 23-year-old striker had already promised to join AC Milan, after having given his word to Milan counselor Zlatan Ibrahimovic. His agent, Rafaela Pimenta, assumed that he pushed the move, leaving Tottenham without any more remedy than to change focus elsewhere.
The increase in Mexian’s prominence has not been impressive. After starting his career with Cruz Azul in Liga MX, where he won the league title in 2021, he made the leap to European football with feyenoord in 2022. His debut season saw him help him help the Dutch club to secure The title Eredivisie as she scored 15 goals. In 32 games.
The following season, Gimenez continued to fight, reducing 23 goals from the league, and set up a new scoring record for the Eredivisie Calendar Year with 31 goals in 2023. In his 105 appearances in the club, he has contributed with 65 goals and 14 assists in all competitions.
His prominent performances earned him a great move to AC Milan earlier this month, where he had an immediate impact with two goals and a 4 -game assistance.
Giménez was not the only Spurs forward. They also made a strong effort to land PSG Randal Kolo Muani before the transfer window, with President Daniel Levy flew personally to France to negotiate an agreement. Tottenham even had a loan agreement, but the French striker rejected the move in favor of joining Juventus.
Despite losing their most important goals, Spurs managed to bring Mathys Tel Bayern to Loan until the end of the seasonwith an option to buy.
The 19 -year -old French striker is considered one of the young most promising attackers in Europe, and Tottenham will hopes that he can help fill the attacking void while seeking to rescue their season.
