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Thursday 31 October 2013

Will Hernandez be the next Galactic? Strikers Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney may be the main goal threats at Manchester United but it may be Javier Hernandez who becomes the latest Galactico at Real Madrid- unless that spot is filled by Liverpool’s Luis Suarez. If United manager David Moyes does not give Javier Hernandez more game time then the bulging pockets of Real Madrid may just switch their attention back to the‘Little Pea’ from their less than private pursuit of Suarez. The Uruguayan, during his times of duress due to the Evra incident and the biting comments he made in the wake of his spat with Ivanovic, made no secret of the fact he was fed up with playing in England. That immediately alerted Real but Liverpool dug their heels in and hung on to their talismanic striker - for now. As for Hernandez, he openly stated his dissatisfaction about getting so little game time under Ferguson. Then the Mexican was being touted as a makeweight in attempting to lure Cristiano Ronaldo back to Old Trafford but the Portuguese has since intimated he wants to remain at the Bernabeu for the rest of his career. He went back to banging in goals at a rate of one a game while Hernandez went back to substitute appearances and League Cup outings. Chicharito’s situation has not improved under Moyes. He came in against Stoke City and Norwich City and immediately did what he does better than anyone at Old Trafford and better than anyone in the Premier League, apart from Suarez- he scored goals. Despite Madrid’s world record signing of winger Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur, coach Carlo Ancelotti would embrace the predatory skills of a young player, he is only 25, who could become one of the world’s top strikers. He is one of the very few natural goal scorers in world football. The kind that can turn a game when team tactics fail. Imagine him, Ronaldo and Bale in the same attack although Suarez would be equally lethal in such company. Hernandez would be cheaper than Suarez, considerably, and is of better character, although to be fair the Uruguayan seems to be a reformed character since his return from the lengthy post-Ivanovic ban. That has in turn produced a goal-laden tally of six strikes in five appearances so maybe he will see out the remaining three years of his Anfield contract although Liverpool are stalling on contract talks until the summer. Hernandez agreed a new five year deal at United back in 2011 and is contracted to 2016. It would be interesting to ask the Real coach who he would prefer in his side. Based purely on appearance time it would seem that United could do without Hernandez more than Liverpool could do without Suarez. Team sheets will make very interesting reading between now and January, especially for Little Pea. That could define whether he or Suarez becomes the Real deal. As Lloyd Grossman would say,‘it’s over to you David.’

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