Even though the presence of Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Raul Jimenez in Mexico’s World Cup squad continues being a controversial topic in the local media, it seems the national team are actually dealing fine with it.
In the past few days, press and fans wondered if the player is indeed ready to get on the pitch, as his fitness situation continues to be unclear.
Now with Mexico manager Tata Martino choosing to have Jimenez on the bench for the match against Poland, it’s said that the Wolves star actually received the news ‘in a good way’.
Record columnist Francoatirador claims that the coach had a private conversation with the striker to talk about the decision. and the player took it ‘the best way’, being told that ‘his revenge would come’.
The columnist claims that Mexico’s squad are actually very united against any negative noises from media and fans. They’re said to have a ‘deaf ear’ to social media and are ‘in a cloud of scepticism and criticism’.
With big attention being given to Jimenez’s presence on the bench, we’ll have to wait and see how he does in case he’s brought on. The striker has been recovering from a hip injury and hasn’t featured for Wolves since August.
