Things looked bleak for Santiago Gimenez after his unfortunate performance in AC Milan's 2-0 victory over Lecce, when he failed to clear option and have a controversial goal disallowed, causing Rossoneri fans to demand his transfer to AS Roma as is being handled unofficially.

After his representative guaranteed his continuity at AC Milan 48 hours ago, Gimenez jumped onto the field this Friday with the rumor of a possible exchange to Roma on his back and where the sporting director of the Milanese squad, Igli Tare, acknowledged that he is looking to exchange 'Santi' for Artem Dovyk, current member of Roma.

The news of the exchange began to circulate in the Italian media and on social networks, but it reached its zenith after the performance of the Mexican national team striker where he did not have the serenity to define a clear goal action in a one-on-one against the Lecce goalkeeper, emptying his shot in a very regrettable way that increased the animosity in against him.

They accuse him of having his feet mounted

But it wasn't just the unfortunate one-on-one action that played against him, but the VAR also disallowed a well-crafted goal in the first half for a millimeter offside that was announced by the referee after Santiago Gimenez had celebrated the goal in style.

This disallowed play was a bucket of cold water for the confidence of the so-called Bebote, who began to look erratic and, together with the failed action, the Rossoneri fans did not forgive him and came out to comment negatively against him, asking for his departure and an exchange with the Roma player.

"Santiago Gimenez is an insult to the category of attacker", "How can a striker make a mistake from there?", "Gimenez's feet are mounted backwards," were some of the comments made against him.

He wouldn't arrive in Rome on a bed of roses

To make matters worse, Santiago Gimenez wouldn't arrive in Roma on a bed of roses either. After the news of the exchange was released, the fans of the Loba began to follow the Mexican's activity and also didn't forgive the attacker's mistake.

Several of them began to ask that Dovbyk remain on the team and that the Mexican not be allowed to join. "Gimenez is not better," "Dovbyk doesn't convince me, but it's really hard to do worse than this Gimenez."

Gimenez's possible replacement

Meanwhile, Santiago Gimenez's possible replacement should a move to AS Roma go through is Artem Dovbyk, a Ukrainian national, 28 years old and 1.89m tall. According to Transfermarkt, his salary is valued at around 30 million euros.

His achievements include being top scorer three times in the competitions he has played in, twice in the Ukrainian First Division (21-22 and 22-23), and once again when he played for Girona in LaLiga.

If Gimenez is transferred, he would immediately play in the UEFA Europa League, but everything will depend on whether the two boards reach an agreement, both for the player and for both teams.