GdS: Swimming, massages and weak foot work

Santiago Gimenez will return to coaching with the AC Milan squad from Tuesday, and he’s decided to hit the bottom operating.

In line with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Gimenez is ‘a person on a mission’. Ever since Igli Tare publicly declared that Milan can be looking the marketplace for one other striker to compete with the Mexican, Santi has placed on his boots and determined to not waste any time.

The ex-Feyenoord man – after lacking the tour resulting from a submit Gold Cup summer season trip – has been working extra time to start his preseason in the absolute best form. The purpose is obvious: instantly earn Massimiliano Allegri’s belief and change into the point of interest sweeping apart any competitors.

Santi’s dedication

Gimenez concluded the 2024-25 season on July 7, successful the Gold Cup with Mexico, however as a supporting participant fairly than a starter. Of the six matches, he solely began within the debut in opposition to the Dominican Republic.

After that, he solely performed on the bench and briefly: the beginning No.9 was Raul Jimenez of Fulham, so there was competitors together with his nation too. To recharge his batteries, Santi spent the month of July between Buenos Aires and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

In Argentina, he devoted himself to stress-free: he watched a Boca Juniors match from the stands together with his father Christian and, between a plate of asado and a glass of mate, he handed over a Milan shirt to Juan Roman Riquelme.

The president of the Xeneizes instantly returned the favour, giving Bebote a personalised Boca shirt together with his quantity (7) and his surname. Not solely that: in a photograph on the Mexican’s social media profiles, two canine will also be seen carrying Milan shirts.

The lure of soccer, nonetheless, was too sturdy and Santi refused to steer clear of the sphere. On Instagram, he posted a video of himself dribbling everybody on a pitch in an Argentine neighbourhood, between the pitches and tunnels.

The actual bodily work, nonetheless, started in the course of the Atlantic Ocean. In direction of the tip of July, Gimenez moved to the Turks and Caicos Islands, within the Bahamas, collectively together with his associate Fernanda Serrano.

Between swimming in crystal-clear waters, bike rides, massages, and some video games of chess, he accomplished quite a few coaching periods on the pitch, paying explicit consideration to his weaker foot.

Final season, he scored six objectives for the Diavolo in 5 months, solely considered one of which was together with his proper foot (in opposition to Bologna, in early Might). Because of this, on the islands, he spent most of his days dribbling between cones and perfecting his shot together with his less-used foot.

He additionally included health club periods and some tennis matches. In the meantime, from the tour of Asia and Australia, Milan found that Rafael Leao is a greater than succesful centre-forward. Gimenez already has his first rival, whereas ready for an additional.