Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has claimed that Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez would have scored 20 goals if he stayed at the club.
Mourinho’s side has been widely criticized for not scoring enough and their heavy reliance on Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Only Ibrahimovic and Juan Mata have hit double figures for United this term and Mourinho has said Chicharito would have been top of the scoring charts if he didn’t leave.
“We have good players, they are creative players, they can create, but they are not the kind of guy that is naturally a killer,” Mourinho said.
“I give a simple example — in the way we play at Old Trafford, in the way we dominate opponents, in the way we play in the box, I think Chicharito would have scored 20 goals easy.
“Even coming from the bench for the last 10 or 20 minutes, he would have 20 goals.
“He is the guy that naturally the ball comes here, rebound here, rebounds there, boom, goal.
“The goalkeeper saves, he goes there, boom, goal. The cross is coming, he anticipates the first-post header, goal.”
Chicharito was sold to Bayern Leverkusen for £7.3million in 2015.
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