Santiago Gimenez is still included in the plans of the AC Milan board to fight for a starting position in the Rossoneri's attack for the next Serie A season, confirmed sporting director Igli Tare, who explained that Mexican has had to adapt to a different league.

According to an interview with a sports channel by the director of the Italian team, Gimenez is being considered to fight for the starting position with an attacker in the style of the Frenchman Olivier Giroud, who currently plays in Major League Soccer (MLS) with LAFC.

The message from the manager Igli Tare of the Milanese team was the following: Gimenez for me is a good player, but he has had an average impact in Italian football coming from a very different league like the Dutch. We are looking for another striker who should have the characteristics of a number nine in the box. He will compete with Gimenez. We want someone like Giroud.

Under this scenario, the rumors of a possible negotiation of the Mexican national team striker to a Premier League team as has been handled in recent days are ruled out, especially since it is considered that with the arrival of the new coach Massimiliano Allegri, who will seek to strengthen the team to its times of glory.

But the good news for Gimenez is that they will look for a striker who can compete with Gimenez and not dispense with his services, especially since the Mexican was the important bet of the sporting president of the team, the Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovi?.

Allegri's favorite

According to the versions, it is assured that the favorite of the new AC Milan coach is Dusan Vlahovic, Serbian striker who worked under the orders of the Italian strategist at Juventus, although there are other candidates such as the Uruguayan Darwin Nunez and the Nigerian Victor Osimhen who plays for Galatasaray of Turkey.

But the problem is that both players do not want to give up their high salaries that exceed 10 million dollars per year, which poses a huge problem for AC Milan to open its wallet and shell out that amount, especially since it already made an investment in Gimenez.

It should be noted that another positive point in Gimenez's outlook is the departure of Luka Jovic to Mexican football to sign with Cruz Azul, a negotiation that is about to be finalized and that would be one of the media coups of the Liga MX for the next championship.

The doubts in Milan with Gimenez is that he started off with a bang, but then had a very marked break and in the end he ended up recovering, but the Rossineri squad is not willing to put up with those problems and that is why it is looking for competition for the Mexican in the center of attack.