Javier Hernandez joined up with the Manchester United squad yesterday after being given a break after the World Cup. After visiting the Texas Children’s Hospital with the squad yesterday, Sir Alex Ferguson spoke of his short term plans for the 22-year-old striker.
“He joined us today and so we have to ascertain what he has been doing in the last few weeks physically, we would like to use him in part of the game on Wednesday – partly because I know there is a big Mexican population in Houston and it would be a very exciting attraction for them,” Ferguson said.
“Secondly we want to try to integrate him into the team as quickly as possible so those are the reasons we would like to play him but we want to just have a chat with him and see what he has been doing physically – I don’t think it would be wise to play him without having any real preparation for this game.”
Scouts
Manchester United new signing, Javier Hernandez, scored against France and Argentina in this summer’s World Cup, an impressive feat for our young striker, given the likes of Messi, Rooney, Kaka and Torres failed to score.
Sir Alex Ferguson is relieved we signed the 22-year-old before the summer, recognising that the competition for his signature and price tag would have dramatically increased following his performances in the World Cup.
“I think our scouting people deserve 10 out of 10 for identifying him before the World Cup and I think if we had been trying to negotiate after the World Cup it would have been very difficult,” said Ferguson. “I think a lot of teams would have been after him and it would probably have cost us two or three times more. Our relationship we have built with Chivas has been excellent, they really were very accommodating in everything, the amazing thing was that no-one in the club said a word. At Manchester United we find that almost impossible, news always leaks out at our club, but Chivas kept it quiet which was a marvellous asset for us and full marks for their professionalism.”
A live blog on http://www.therepublikofmancunia.com/ for this game will be running late Wednesday into early Thursday.
Contributed by Scott The Red / Republik of Mancunia
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