{"id":140494,"date":"2025-09-08T00:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/140494\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T00:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:35:23","slug":"desire-is-certainly-very-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/140494\/","title":{"rendered":"Desire is certainly very clear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Santiago Gimenez never wanted to leave AC Milan, despite the Roma swap deal rumours.<\/p>\n

There were many rumours swirling above Gimenez\u2019s head in the final days of the transfer window, but in the end the Mexican remained at Milan. Above all, there was talk of an exchange with Artem Dovbyk that never ended up materialising.<\/p>\n

Gimenez\u2019s father spoke to ClaroSports<\/a> about the final days of the transfer window and that has added fuel to the idea that there were some disagreements, suggesting that Massimiliano Allegri had to step in to stop him being sold.<\/p>\n

\u2018Didn\u2019t want to leave\u2019<\/p>\n

Romano spoke in a video on his YouTube channel and he recapped what happened towards the end of the mercato involving Gimenez and how he really felt about the stories circulating.<\/p>\n

\u201cGimenez was one of the key figures in the final days of the transfer window. First, a firm no to a departure, then an openness to the possibility of wearing the Roma jersey, with the deal ultimately falling through,\u201d he said (via MilanNews<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"ArtemPhotos: Marco Luzzani + Jan Kruger\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was always a difficult opening. Not out of disrespect for Roma, but because Gimenez didn\u2019t want to leave Milan. He always intended to stay at Milan. He opened the door when he realised Milan had put him on the market, possibly with a deal that ultimately fell through on the final day.<\/p>\n

\u201cGimenez has been sought by Turkish clubs in recent days, but it was never an option for him. Santi made a clear, decisive, and strong choice to stay at Milan. He did so with a public statement. He was never, and I repeat, never, a Chelsea target.<\/p>\n

\u201cSantiago Gimenez is more than happy to stay at Milan, he wants to play his best. He made this kind of choice. Milan never reached an agreement with Roma for this loan swap with Dovbyk, between buy-out options, dry loans, the formula\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIn short, there were many obstacles to this double deal, but Santi Gimenez\u2019s desire is certainly very clear. It is to try to have some important months at Milan and not to change his future so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Santiago Gimenez never wanted to leave AC Milan, despite the Roma swap deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-140494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}