Regardless of Raul Jimenez’s physical situation, his status in Mexico continues to be huge.
It’s been years since the striker became the country’s biggest football star, with the North American media always giving big coverage to his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The national team has been quite hopeful of having him back on the pitch soon, and his importance for the squad is shown in the call-up made by Tata Martino on Monday.
The manager released the pre-list of players who could take part in Concacaf’s Nations League in June, and even though Jimenez is unlikely to be ready, he’s included once again.
The big news in Mexico is that Martino has left out several options he had for the centre-forward position, especially former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, to include Raul Jimenez in the list.
Record features a column today in which journalist David Medrano highlights the fact the Wolves star is ‘ruled out’ of these games, being unable to recover so soon, and the national team is still leaving other players out.
Still, most outlets don’t have a final word on the 30-year-old, as they continue to wait for Wolverhampton to give the green light on his chances of playing again.
Depending on the point of view, that can either show Raul Jimenez’s huge importance to the squad off the pitch, as he’s previously been called up just to be alongside his teammates, or that none of the available strikers are good enough to help Mexico.
The final list will be out on the 25th of May.
