Nottingham Forest were hot on the heels to sign Santiago Gimenez during the summer transfer window but the club’s attempts proved in vain.
The Reds were looking for some firepower and identified the Mexican talisman as a top targe
It was a long-running saga that seemingly saw Gimenez change his mind about joining Forest on more than one occasion.
The club ended up not signing a striker in the end and must now throw their faith in Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Gimenez, valued at £29 million looked like a player with the ideal profile to join the current Forest squad and now it remains to be seen whether he will be one that got Rene van der Gijp thinks Nottingham Forest won’t rue missing out on Santiago Gimenez
The former PSV and Sparta Rotterdam player has been discussing the ability of Gimenez following Forest missing out on his signature.
He doesn’t actually think the Reds will regret this one too much – remaining unconvinced that he’s good enough for the Premier League.
Van der Gijp told Soccernews in the Netherlands: “If you see Gimenez playing for six months, the Premier League is the very last competition he should go toaway.t.