Wolves’ refusal to loan Raúl Jiménez to play for El Tri at the start of the tie will have consequences and he will not be able to play against Watford
Raúl Jiménez missed the first qualifying matches of the Mexican National Team for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Despite the fact that the Wolverhampton striker was called up by Gerardo Martino to face the first three matches of the Concacaf octagonal, the attacker could not leave England before the sanitary regulations that apply in Great Britain.
This refusal of the English club will have consequences for them and for the player since, according to a statement issued by the Mexican Soccer Federation, “he will not be eligible to participate with his Club, during the FIFA window plus an additional period of 5 days”.
Under this scenario, Jiménez would not be available for the match against Watford on Date 4 of the Premier League. The commitment is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 11 at 9:00 a.m. in Mexico City.
Jiménez will add 10 months without being able to participate with the Mexican National Team. His last appearance with El Tri was on November 17, 2020 against Japan during the tour of Austria. On that occasion, the attacker, who played 64 minutes, was in charge of opening the scoring at 63 ‘.
Wolverhampton’s ‘9’ suffered a cranial fracture at the end of November 2020, for which he was away from the courts for nine months, until he reappeared on August 14 on the first day of the 2021/2022 Premier League.
Because the evolution of Jiménez has been positive and he has even participated in the 90 minutes of play of the three games that the ‘Wolves’ have played in the seasonEverything seemed to indicate that the attacker would be back with the Mexican team, but the sanitary measures that Great Britain has taken in the face of the third wave of Covid-19 in Mexico, prevented him from traveling.
Faced with the impossibility of working under the orders of “Tata”, Jiménez took advantage of the FIFA Date to take a few days of vacation with his family. The forward traveled to Venice, Italy and shared some images on his social networks.
It will be until the October FIFA date when another opportunity presents itself for Jiménez to return to the Mexican National Team. At that time, Martino’s team has agreed to two duels at the Azteca Stadium. Against Canada, on October 7, and with Honduras, on 10; while it will close on the 13th with a visit to El Salvador.
Today, El Tri will finish the September FIFA Date by facing the Panama team and hope to add their third consecutive victory after beating Jamaica and Costa Rica.
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