Raul Jimenez He is very close to becoming the top Mexican scorer in the Premier League; with his 40 goals with Wolverhampton and 11 as a player for the Fulhamis just two scores away from reaching the mark of Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez.
The striker from Guadalajara, who today plays for Chivas de Guadalajara, recorded 53 goals in the English league with 37 goals with the Manchester United shirt and 16 with the West Ham shirt.
“It would be a great pride for me (to break Chicharito’s mark), I hope to break the record as soon as possible to help the team climb positions.
“It would be a great pride to become that person, that player with the most goals in the Premier League, it is the fruit of all the work of these years in England,” said Raúl Jiménez in an interview with Hugo Ramirez to YOU CAN.
Raul Jimenez admitted that it is not easy to earn a place, much less keep it, in the Premier League from England and even remembered his journey through European football when he came to Atlético de Madrid from the Águilas del América.
“Bugging him day after day, fighting to be here, is not easy at all. First, at the beginning I came young, leaving my family, my first experience living alone, joining a team where I did not have the continuity I would have liked, never giving up, moving forward, looking for other options, with offers from other places.
“I have always been very clear about what my priorities and objectives are, I am happy with every decision I have made, yes it is difficult because of what one lives, what one goes through but fortunately I have made great decisions in my career and I believe that they have all “It has been for my benefit and I want to continue like this,” said Raúl Jiménez in an interview with YOU CAN.
“To enjoy life, to enjoy every moment that passes, every second both with my family and personally, anything I do off the field, be with them, enjoy that, every moment, every second. Give thanks to life for giving me this opportunity to continue here,” he indicated.
“My wife asked me, in the end my heart went out to her, I had been celebrating for my children, the A for my children’s name. But that was for her, she is supporting me at every moment and in the end also for Andrés (Guardado) who was her farewell game and we went to celebrate,” he said. Raul Jimenez a Hugo Ramirez to YOU CAN.
