They don’t want him: the reason for the absence of ‘Chicharito’ Hernández in the Mexican team

September 2019, the last appearance of Javier Hernández with the shirt of the Mexican team. Since then, more than two years have passed and the absence of the Los Angeles Galaxy player in the national team continues to be a topic of conversation among members of the national team, managers and local journalists.

After the Qatar 2022 World Cup draw, Yon de Luisa, president of the Mexican Football Federation, spoke on the matter. “We have not called him. We have been respectful of Gerardo Martino’s decisions. There are reasons and I would not see it in the calls from now on “he maintained before the media.

Along the same lines, without providing further details, the head of the sports institution added about the case of ‘Chicharito’ Hernández: “It is something that has been discussed internally; there are their reasons and they have been put on the table at the time. If it has been decided not to convene it is for something “said the leader.

After those words, the journalist David Faitelson commented on the reason why the attacker is no longer considered in Gerardo Martino’s ‘Tricolor’. “Let’s stop beating around the bush. Yon de Luisa was very clear. ‘Chicharito’ is out of the national team because the group of current players does not want him. Point”he explained.

Immediately, the ESPN commentator pointed out that the situation of the former Manchester United seems irreversible. “There is a hint of mystery and another of hypocrisy around the situation. Nobody dares to say it directly, but what happened to Javier Hernández, the famous ‘Chicharito’, is not a veto, it’s a boycott”he claimed.

That yes, Faitelson indicated that, facing the World Cup, the opportunities of the ‘Tri’ will not vary with or without Hernández back in the team. “The first thing that should be made clear is that, with ‘Chicharito’ or without him, the chances of the Mexican team in Qatar are exactly the same…”Hill.

Javier Hernández is the top scorer in the history of the Mexican team. The centre-forward scored a total of 52 goals in the national jersey. With the ‘Tri’ he was between three World Cups (2010, 2014 and 2018). In his time representing his country, ‘Chicharito’ won the 2011 Gold Cup and the 2015 Concacaf Cup.