Even though the official information on Raul Jimenez’s physical condition remains positive, the Mexican media keeps showing up with updates which could worry Wolverhampton Wanderers’ fans.
At first, national team manager Gerardo Martino claimed the striker should be fit for the World Cup, and that was backed up by the player’s father, who said it should take a week until he’s fine.
However, TUDN soon came up with news saying the player had just done a new MRI to access his pubic injury. And then a local journalist claimed that given Martino’s face when speaking of the Wolves’ star, he probably would not be going to the tournament in Qatar.
The Mexican media continues to sound worried about it, because it’s now Fox Sports journalist Ruben Rodriguez who speaks about the situation. He’s been in California following the squad, and recalls the chat he had with the manager.
“And how do you see the panorama? And he told me by pulling a face: ‘complicated’. It gives you a little overview of how it is; So the issue is complicated.”
“Not even Raúl Jiménez himself knows when he can be one hundred percent, and we have to wait.”
“Raúl’s best friend is time and the doctor. It doesn’t matter if he’s doing well or not football-wise. The doctor is the one who will tell.”
“And I imagine that Raúl himself will have to be very self-critical, very responsible and say: ‘Martino, I’m ready’ or ‘I am not ready’. That’s how clear the panorama is with Raúl Jiménez.”
While Mexico get worried about missing him in the World Cup, Wolves fans should also be concerned as that’d mean he’d be sidelined for at least a few months in that case.
