Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez the Next Lionel Messi?: Mexican Futbol Legend Praised by Bayer Leverkusen
Javier Hernandez just can't stop earning scores as he already made eight goals post in his past six games. The 27-year-old star player receives endless praises for exceeding all expectations of him.
According to Goal, the professional footballer owned the net for his six straight games for Bayer Leverkusen's two against one score to Koln. The German football club based in Cologne led the game with an early strike of Dominik Maroh before "Chicharito" matched the score in the 33rd minute while Admir Mehmedi helped him on the right side.
However, the 28-year-old defender struck a 72nd-minute winner following Kyriakos Papadopoulos' red card. Moreover, FOX Sports reported that Bayer Leverkusen manager Michael Schade said that his club just hit the jackpot by owning the service of the Mexican national from Manchester United in the summer.
The CEO said that Hernandez has "exceeded all expectations so far this season." Additionally, it was reported that he took Bundesliga's side for paying him with over 8 million Euros [$8.6M] in August.
Javier Hernández Balcázar in real life, he joined the said league after struggling with "form and fitness" at Old Trafford in the previous two seasons; spending most of the last term with Real Madrid. In fact, four of his net hit back was for Bundesliga while the other half was made for Champions League.
However, his powerful impact becomes significant and benefits his new group. "He's a legend in Mexico and it's the incredible amount of media interest this has sparked," Schade said at a sponsorship meeting at the club's Bay Arena home.
"He has exceeded all of our expectations, even for the Bayer [holding] company," he added. Meanwhile, Schade boasted that Hernandez is the 15th most followed famous football player in the world on Twitter.
He said that it was not only his club benefitted from his fame but, also the entire Bundesliga gets an advantage on his global appeal. Goal noted that Schade also said that Hernandez has created this "unbelievable hype" for all Leverkusen fans in Mexico and claimed and proved that it was a valuable decision to have him signed on both "sporting and commercial level."
"He is a complete merchandise package. He is a legend in Mexico," Schade said at the SPONSORs Club manager Summit 2015. "The media hype he has created is unbelievable."
Hernandez will now advance into World Cup qualifying as Mexico is set to start its campaign to reach Russia 2018 against El Salvador on Friday and Honduras on Nov. 17.
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