Other than the 'lure' of playing for Madrid, I don't see why Hernandez went with this move. It was never going to be beneficial and I'm sure he could have chose a much better move for his career.
Chicharito Loan Watch | Real Madrid
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I never expected them to buy him either - they get a season of their precious shirt sales in Mexico without having to invest too much in the player himself since he's just on loan, perfect from their perspective.
Makes it interesting to consider where he'll end-up next season though. We usually get crap money for a player regardless of quality or contract, so that should open-up plenty of possibilities for him if he's willing to be reasonable on wages - hopefully he won't go to another side in England, but I suspect they would be his best options in terms of money.
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Can see him ending up at Spurs.
£20 million of they can feck off.
They can feck off whether they offer us 20 mil or not.
A vanity move. The lack of game time was obvious from the outset.
I'd be amazed if we got anymore than £10m for him.
I'd be surprised if many of the top clubs in the Premier League even want him. He's not as good as people make him out to be.
Spurs, Zenit, or Roma would be good options for him. We could even dangle him in the Strootman deal. They currently have the likes of Gervinho and Ljajic. He could definitely help them and probably start much more. His pre-match prayers would be a hit there as well.
I'd rather watch our players perform well in a side that can guarantee them a first team spot, as long as we get a decent deal. If we are worried about Spurs then there is a serious problem.
Obviously you never know, he could come in and score the CL winning goal for them, then he and RM will feel it was all worth it, but as it stands it is going exactly as I thought it would be. He was already not going to play much ahead of RM's many attacking players, and now with Jese back even less.
I don't know where he would be a starter as more and more clubs are preferring all round strikers to pure poachers. He won't even get many minutes at Atletico (Simeone likes allround players and usually players who can play more than 1 position, so he would only use him if his team was desperate for a goal in the last few mins) or at Valencia (they already have Alcacer and Negredo).
Maybe Everton? I hope he finds a club where he can play more!
I don't know where he would be a starter as more and more clubs are preferring all round strikers to pure poachers. He won't even get many minutes at Atletico (Simeone likes allround players and usually players who can play more than 1 position, so he would only use him if his team was desperate for a goal in the last few mins) or at Valencia (they already have Alcacer and Negredo).
Maybe Everton? I hope he finds a club where he can play more!
He would be better going abroad. There are quite a few clubs who could offer him significantly more playing time in Europe.
He would be a really good acquisition for Sevilla or a club of similar nature. They will probably end up with a Europa or Champion's League berth next season and don't have the striking options to sustain that in the medium term so the move would really suit him in terms of getting sufficient playing time at a suitable level. Bacca is good but there's really no-one of adequate quality apart from him. Chicharito's play might have declined with his loss of confidence but if that's restored he's quite the lethal finisher and could basically guarantee them 15-20 goals either a starter or a power sub.
That said, I still believe he has a bit of unfinished business left at United provided he's ready to grind it out and accept a largely situation role. If we decline Falcao's permanent buyout clause then there are just 2 quality striker left (one of them regressing and approaching the latter stages of his career) with a talented but inexperienced kid as the alternative. If there are no reinforcements in that department, Hernandez would really help us bridge the long term transition from Van Persie to Wilson or Henriquez (if recalled) and smooth over some of the cracks while bringing a bit of veteran presence into the mix in-case one of our starters is injured.
That said, I still believe he has a bit of unfinished business left at United provided he's ready to grind it out and accept a largely situation role. If we decline Falcao's permanent buyout clause then there are just 2 quality striker left (one of them regressing and approaching the latter stages of his career) with a talented but inexperienced kid as the alternative. If there are no reinforcements in that department, Hernandez would really help us bridge the long term transition from Van Persie to Wilson or Henriquez (if recalled) and smooth over some of the cracks while bringing a bit of veteran presence into the mix in-case one of our starters is injured.
You would kid yourselves if you think we won't buy a new striker in the case we don't sign Falcao permanently.
Cool.
As for now he's got 24,9 mins per game ratio for Real Madrid comparing to 35 mins per game under Moyes last season.
He's played quite a lot in the beggining after that two Deportivo goals, but he's completely invisible since then.
Nine league & CL minutes for the last month and a half speak for itself, poor boy.
I'm not worried about Spurs. It's just all the years of Levy ripping us off or telling us to feck off has built up a mild hatred for them. I'm sure Hernandez can go some other club (Italy maybe) and still get a first team spot. He's more than good enough.
I wouldn't sell Spurs a virus
It was a mistake for him to go to Real on loan. He was never going to get much playing time there. Should have gone to Athletico.
Can we get him back in January? Is his a 6 month long loan. Once the FA Cup starts, we could do with him and Wilson starting the cup games. Rooney, Rvp need to be rested for the league.
Can we get him back in January? Is his a 6 month long loan. Once the FA Cup starts, we could do with him and Wilson starting the cup games. Rooney, Rvp need to be rested for the league.
Err, Falcao?
We don't have any other competition this year apart from the FA cup, so in case Falcao isn't fit the rest of the 3 strikers can play majority of the games.
We don't need him back, we have Wilson and Falcao. Hopefully get some money for him in jan or another loan somewhere else.
Not even remotely surprising, IMO. Hopefully he can get a good move in the summer and get scoring goals again elsewhere.
There was talk of him going to the MLS 
He looked so promising his first season with us, his career has really stalled these last few years.
He looked so promising his first season with us, his career has really stalled these last few years.
MLS would be a great option for him. He'd definitely play every week and be closer to home.
He's too good and too young for the MLS. He should still be able to be an important player for a lower CL or a Europa league team
He's way too good and young to go to the MLS. He'd be a good fit for a team like Valencia or Villareal.
Quite possibly a case of a young(ish) player that SHOULDN'T have 'bulked up'There was talk of him going to the MLS
He looked so promising his first season with us, his career has really stalled these last few years.
No kidding. I still have great faith in this guy, if he maybe lowered his expectations I don't see how he couldn't get a run in with a side such as Tottenham.
Would you play Hernandez over Kane though? Hernandez is a relatively big name player but I can't see any of the 'bigger' clubs around Europe wanting striker like Hernandez who offers very little other than being in the right place at the right time.
Arsenal ?
He can only have himself to blame. He couldn't make the team at United and he thought he would play more at Madrid?
He needs to go to a smaller team where he starts every game, I'm sure he can score 20 goals/season.
He needs to go to a smaller team where he starts every game, I'm sure he can score 20 goals/season.
I'd probably have him back and not sign Falcao if we had the choice to be honest, based on what both players have shown for us.
not popular but i would as well. pace and finishing. and already under contract
fair point... no, i wouldn't. but surely he could be their number 2? soldado and E.A. aren't exactly revered at white hart lane...
MLS would be a good move for him. He'd probably the biggest name and most adored player in the league. I don't see why he'd bother moving to a Europa league team really. Is it every Mexican boys dream to win the Europa league? Probably not.
When he moved I said he was swapping our bench for Madrid's, but he's not even making their bench now.
Realistically what's he worth? I've had him down as £12-£15 million but I have my doubts we'll get anything like that.
We very rarely get decent value from selling players that we are "done" with do we. Anything over £10 million and I'll be pleasently surprised.
I know, we just seem crap at getting good fees for players, Hernandez is a proven prem goal scorer who is still only 26, any other club would look to £20 million + for him, i'd say similar for Nani too but reckon he'll finally go for less than £10 million too.
Here too. Could help thinking on Saturday he'd have scored given Falcao's chances.