Football: Hernandez signs new United deal

MANCHESTER: Mexico striker Javier Hernandez has completed the formalities of a new contract with Manchester United and pledged his future to the club for the next five years. The 23-year-old made a big impact with United in his first season, scoring 20 goals from 45 appearances in all competitions after arriving in July 2010 from his hometown club Chivas de Guadalajara. “The last player I remember making an impact as big and as quickly as Javier is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and he reminds me of Ole a lot,” said manager Sir Alex Ferguson. “His talent for creating space in the box and his finishing ability mark him out as a natural goal-scorer.”

Published in The Express Tribune, October 25^th, 2011.