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Saints Can Get Hernandez For £7.5 Million
Monday, 27th Apr 2015 09:42

Saints appear to be in pole position to sign Manchester United's Javier Hernandez and they wont have to break the bank to do it.

Javier Hernandez is currently on loan at Real Madrid but Louis van Gaal has already confirmed that the Mexican International is not part of his plans next season and with a year left on his contract he will be looking to sell the player in the summer.

Saints of course tried to lure Hernandez to St Mary's last summer but understandably Real Madrid were much more of an attraction, however the loan has not worked out for the player and he now faces trying to find a new club in the summer.

United are willing to listen to cut price offers and its believed they will be looking for around £7.5 million, but there is obvioulsy scope for negotiation given that Van Gaal wants Nathaniel Clyne.

The stumbling block though will be wages, Hernandez will be on a lot more now than he will get elsewhere so he may prefer to sit out the last year of his contract albeit on loan somewhere unless a compromise can be reached that sees him recompensed for income he may lose by leaving Old Trafford now, however I may be being harsh on him and he might take a pay cut.

The player himself still holds out hopes that Real Madrid might keep him next season and in that respect he has had a little rally of late he scored the winner against rivals Athletico in the Champions league last week and followed that up this weekend with two in a 4-2 win at Celta Vigo.

But the reaiity is that he has not been used that often by the Spanish club, the game at the weekend was only his third start to add to 15 appearances as sub, although he has 6 goals from these games, the fact is they have mainly come in games that Real have won easily, apart from the Athletico winner last Wednesday he has rarely influenced a game.

Saints could definitely do with a striker of his calibre but would he have the determination to succeed here is the question.

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SanMarco added 12:36 - Apr 27
The question asked in the last 11 words of this article are the key I feel.
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schatfield added 13:45 - Apr 27
would love it if he came, but given his form now for Real Madrid, is that now a very unlikely chance of him coming? He would have highlighted europes best now.
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DPeps added 16:41 - Apr 27
Personally I'd love to have him. So he may have snubbed us last summer, but Real Madrid wanted him!
I don't doubt he would determined to succeed if he came to us. He's a committed player who seems as if he'd work hard for any club he played for. He's not playing regularly for his country any more, so I'd expect him to determined to play for any decent team that would promise to give a shot in the starting line-up.
In some ways he's not a typical Koeman striker in that he's a poacher who will give you goals but won't do much of the donkey work (unlike Pelle or Long) - I don't mean that as a criticism of any of them, by the way.
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corkcitysaint added 20:01 - Apr 27
Can't see him coming myself. Plus, he would be on high wages no doubt. If he did come back to play in England I suspect it would be for a team in the Champions league or someone who would offer him crazy money. ..
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