According to various reports, the Premier League team would have probed the signing of Santiago Giménez; however, it would not materialize for a particular reason
After his 23 goals with Feyenoord in the previous season, Santiago Giménez was one of the Mexican soccer players who became the protagonist during the recently completed transfer window in European soccer: the 22-year-old Mexican striker was associated with various teams; Now, it has been revealed that a Premier League club would have been close to signing him.
According to collaborators of the English site 90min, West Ham United would have probed the signing of Santiago Giménez ‘late’: the reports establish that the Premier League team did not consider the Mexican soccer player in time among the options for their forward; Furthermore, the arrival of Hugo Ekitike also did not take place after Paris Saint-Germain refused to loan the French attacker.
In the event that his transfer to West Ham United had materialized, Santiago Giménez would have shared a dressing room with Edson Álvarez, who said goodbye to Ajax to join Los Hammers.
High expectations for Santiago Giménez in the Eredivisie
For the recently started season of the first division of Dutch football, former footballers from the Netherlands, who are currently developing with television analysts, such as Ronald de Boer and Kees Luijckx, predicted that Santiago Giménez will be the scoring champion: both calculate that He would score around 30 goals in the 2023-2024 Eredivisie campaign.
In the previous campaign, Santiago Giménez scored 23 goals and 15 were in the Eredivisie; However, during the first semester he was not the team’s starter; It was not until the second half of the season that he established himself with the initial position in Feyenoord, a team that finished as champion in the first division of Mexican soccer, by seven points ahead of second place.
