Santiago Gimenez has been linked with both Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham but The Athletic reporter David Ornstein is not expecting to see the Feyenoord striker touch down in the Premier League in January.
It’s hard enough convincing a club to part with their star striker in the middle of a season.
Feyenoord, however, have an Eredivisie title to defend amid competition from AZ Alkmaar and a so-far-faultless PSV Eindhoven. Arne Slot’s reigning Dutch champions have European ambitions too.
So even if Fulham or Tottenham Hotspur planned to step up their interest in Santiago Gimenez over the coming weeks, one of the most reliable reporters in the business is not expecting to see the Premier League become home to the Feyenoord’s Mexican marksman before June ‘at the earliest’.
Tottenham ‘closest’ to signing Santiago Gimenez
“Gimenez definitely feels like one we need to keep a close eye on generally,” Ornstein tells The Athletic. “But he is not someone I’ve heard as a serious candidate for English teams in the January window.
“I suspect that is mainly due to Feyenoord having him under contract until 2027 and needing to keep him for now.
“As always, never say never. But, right now, it feels like a move would happen next summer at the earliest.”
An instinctive finisher who presses as well as he shoots, Gimenez has scored nearly as many goals this season as he did during the whole of 2022/23. In all competitions, the former Cruz Azul poacher has found the net 18 times in just 17 games.
Fulham’s new Mitrovic?
Fulham, per reports in Mexico, see Gimenez as a potential replacement for the dearly departed Aleksandr Mitrovic. But it’s Tottenham Hotspur who appear to be the ‘closest’ of any Premier League side at present, one member of Gimenez’s camp telling Tuttomercatoweb that Spurs are leading the likes of Inter Milan, Lazio and Napoli in pursuit of the £40 million-rated centre-forward.
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