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Why did Chicharito leave Real Madrid?

By Wilian Estrella

Javier Hernandez left Real Madrid after one season, his loan deal expired and the club seemingly was not interested in signing him long term.

Javier Hernandez left Real Madrid after one season, his loan deal expired and the club seemingly was not interested in signing him long term.

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Javier Hernandez has become one of the greatest Mexican soccer players of recent times. The all-time leading scorer of the Mexican national team, he is still scoring goals for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. Years ago, he was able to demonstrate his talent and scored goals all over Europe, playing in several of the most important leagues in the world, such as Spain, England and Germany.

In the Old Continent, Chicharito wore the jerseys of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham and Sevilla. Although he had his most transcendent moment when he played at Old Trafford for the Red Devils, it seems that in the Merengue they have well considered his passage during the 2014/15 season, when he shared the team with the great figures of the moment.

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Arrival to Real Madrid

On September 1, 2014, with one day left to close the transfer market in Spain, Hernández was loaned for one season to Real Madrid, with the club reserving an option to buy the player.75 His first goal with the Real Madrid jersey was scored in La Coruña in a match against Deportivo de La Coruña on September 20, that day he not only scored his first goal, but also his first brace with the white jersey. He also won the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco against San Lorenzo de Almagro winning Real Madrid 2-0 and conquering his first title with the merengue shirt.

 

Champions League heroics

On April 22, 2015 he started for Real Madrid after injuries to Benzema and Gareth Bale for the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League in the Madrid derby against Atlético de Madrid scoring the winning goal at the 88th minute with a pass from Cristiano Ronaldo dressing as the hero and giving the qualification to the semifinals to his team. He would finish his first season in Spain with 9 goals and 5 assists in 31 games played, being the fifth scorer of the Merengues in the season.

Departure from Real Madrid

Javier Chicharito Hernández played for Real Madrid in the 2014-2015 season on loan from Manchester United, but due to management issues he could not continue with the Merengues.

The now element of the LA Galaxy in MLS made it clear that his permanence with the Madrid team did not depend on him, so he returned to United and then began a journey through clubs like Bayer Leverkusen and West Ham.

“I was on loan and Manchester United and Real Madrid did not agree. It was not my fault," said the player from Guadalajara, who scored nine goals during his time with Real Madrid.

Benzema remembers Chicharito’s time in Madrid

Karim Benzema, Madrid's striker and goal scorer, recalled Hernández’s brief stay at Casa Blanca. “Chicharito was a good striker for us, he is one of those strikers that no matter if he starts or comes in as a substitute, he will always help you with many things, whether it's scoring goals, putting pressure on the opposition, defending in the front line," he said in an interview with Hugo Sánchez's program, another Mexican former Real Madrid player.

"He was always happy, good with the group and that is to be applauded because it is difficult as a striker not to play three games, then only five minutes, but he always contributed, he scored some important goals and of course he was a good striker," he added.

 

 


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