Sevilla travel to play Athletic Bilbao with a very weakened front line after Frédéric Kanoute and Arouna Koné are with their national teams, Luis Fabiano is suspended and now Kerzhakov is injured.
The coach is preparing a new look side and admitted that he maybe forced to move a midfielder up to support Ernesto Chevantón in attack.
"We only have Chevantón to play up front and will have to bring in a youth player or two," he explained.
"With so many absences we had just 19 players, but now we have even more doubts due to this last-minute setback.
"I am someone who believes that the system we have works very well with the players that we have, but things are very different now to when everyone is available.
"We need to be resourceful and Renato could play just behind the front striker."
Looking ahead to the Athletic encounter, Jiménez admitted that he knows the opposition will be pleased that he has such a selection headache.
"The fact that we do not have Kanouté or Luis Fabiano would come as a relief to anyone that plays against us," he continued.
"They do play a direct game. We will have to prepare a strategy to counter it.
"We have to find a team that will be able to compete and play on the break, without losing our identity.
The coach is preparing a new look side and admitted that he maybe forced to move a midfielder up to support Ernesto Chevantón in attack.
"We only have Chevantón to play up front and will have to bring in a youth player or two," he explained.
"With so many absences we had just 19 players, but now we have even more doubts due to this last-minute setback.
"I am someone who believes that the system we have works very well with the players that we have, but things are very different now to when everyone is available.
"We need to be resourceful and Renato could play just behind the front striker."
Looking ahead to the Athletic encounter, Jiménez admitted that he knows the opposition will be pleased that he has such a selection headache.
"The fact that we do not have Kanouté or Luis Fabiano would come as a relief to anyone that plays against us," he continued.
"They do play a direct game. We will have to prepare a strategy to counter it.
"We have to find a team that will be able to compete and play on the break, without losing our identity.
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