Gimenez: Leaving Atletico Madrid was difficult, but because I love them, I will also help them

Uruguayan centre-back Gimenez believes the team has already assembled a very strong squad. He will wear the No. 20 shirt and is happy with this project.

Gimenez made his official debut as a Deportivo La Coruna player. The Uruguayan centre-back said he was delighted to come to a city like La Coruna and join a club that, from their first contact, appeared very serious and eager to sign him. “The club conveyed calmness, the seriousness of the project, and what they are doing. That makes decisions easier. I am a person who keeps his word, and there are fewer and fewer people like that in football today. I am very happy and I only want to help the team achieve its goals,” he explained.

The new Deportivo player is a natural winner and hopes to pass on his passion for work and fighting spirit to younger players. “Start with humility, sacrifice and effort. If there is something they have always instilled in me, it is that nothing can be achieved without sacrifice. Ambition is to play an excellent season, do the best possible, and dare to dream. Why not dream? Why not be full of expectations? When we have a squad like this that can compete in the best possible way, why not dare to think further?”

Leaving Atletico Madrid was difficult.

Gimenez had been at Atletico Madrid for three years, and his contract was still in place. “It was difficult. I lived in a city like Madrid for 13 years and spent so much time at a club I love. But I understand the club’s situation. The club needs my help, and because I love it, I will help them. In fact, I already knew from last year that I would leave. When the situation was in front of us, all the options were put on the table. It was difficult, a new beginning, a new stage, and we have huge expectations for this opportunity. In the end, this is how it happened,” he said.