I refused to celebrate a Manchester United goal because Sir Alex Ferguson 'p****d me off'
manchestereveningnews.co.uk"I feel like I am living a dream," Javier Hernandez said after agreeing to join Manchester United in April 2010. "All the impressions I have of the club are good and Sir Alex Ferguson is a great person, maybe the best coach in the world." Heads were turned when United's search for a new striker led them on a trip across the Atlantic to Mexico.
Ferguson already had Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen and Danny Welbeck among his forward options but he was hungry for more quality.
Hernandez, who was commonly known as Chicharito, was playing for Chivas de Guadalajara at the time and he was making a good impression as a talented 21-year-old.
He had also scored four goals in four games for Mexico at senior level. READ MORE: I left United after becoming a scapegoat - now I am defying the odds as a head coach READ MORE: I left United too early and regretted it - now I run a shop for a living Just as United so often did in Ferguson's day, they ensured they got themselves ahead of the curve, moving for his signature as quickly as possible.
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