Javier Hernandez will return to Premier League, but not with Man Utd, says Guillen Ballague
Guillem Balague insists Javier Hernandez will return to England in the summer, but will not be playing for Manchester United next season.
Playing in place of the injured Karim Benzema, the Real Madrid striker netted a late winner in the Bernabeu on Wednesday to send the European champions through to the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of rivals Atletico.
Hernandez is currently on a season-long loan in the Spanish capital from United, with the La Liga giants having the option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season.
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However, Balague has insisted that Real are not keen on taking United up on the offer, and a number of English clubs are interest in securing the Mexican’s services instead.
“If Real Madrid want him there is a 10m euros [£7.15m] buyout clause,” Balague told Sky Sports News HQ.
“But they are not going to keep him. There are several big English clubs that want him, but I don’t think Manchester United want to keep him.
“He will move on to one of those other English clubs.”
Sky Sports’ pundit Thierry Henry was critical of Hernandez for not celebrating with Cristiano Ronaldo, who provided the assist for the last-gasp winner, but Balague revealed that the pair embraced after the match.
“Not much was made of Javier Hernandez celebrating on his own,” Balague added.
“At that moment, Ronaldo actually celebrated with his team-mates. Sometimes he just does it on his own, sometimes he is just saying it is just down to me.
“At the end of the match, Hernandez found Ronaldo and gave him a really big hug.”
Atletico boss Diego Simeone also came under much scrutiny in the aftermath of their heartbreaking exit for being too negative over the two legs.
Simeone’s side mustered just four attempts at goal in the Bernabeu, but Balague says the Argentine coach is still thought of positively in Spain.
“There is still a lot of respect for what Simeone and Atletico are doing here in Spain,” Balague added. “It is still seen as a miracle that a rich Real Madrid team took eight games to beat them.
“They are still one of the top teams in terms of expenditure, but they spent a fifth of what Real did.”
Former Everton chairman Sir Philip Carter has died
Former Everton chairman Sir Philip Carter has died at the age of 87.
The Glasgow-born businessman, who became managing director of a major retail and betting company, was awarded the CBE in 1982 before later receiving a knighthood.
Carter joined the board of directors at Goodison Park in 1977 and replaced Sir John Moores as chairman two years later.
During his time as chairman Everton won the FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and were English champions on two occasions.
Carter vacated his position when Peter Johnson purchased Everton in 1994, but returned to his role after Bill Kenwright took over the club four years later.
A statement on the club's official website read: "Everton Football Club is deeply saddened to announce that Sir Philip Carter has passed away.
"Sir Philip died peacefully at home on Thursday morning after a short illness.
"He served Everton with immense distinction over three spells and a full tribute will appear shortly.
"At this time it would be appreciated if everyone can please respect the family’s wish for privacy."
Arsene Wenger v Jose Mourinho: The history of their rivalry in quotes
Jose Mourinho has certainly got the better of Arsene Wenger over the years, with the Chelsea manager boasting an unbeaten record against the Arsenal boss over 12 matches, winning seven and drawing five.
But when it comes to the verbal slanging match and even the pushing and shoving, Wenger has been determined to give us as good as he gets.
Here we recall their rivalry in quotes, dating back to Mourinho’s first season in English football…
“I don't see especially that Chelsea play more English players than we do. Who have they produced, homegrown? Just one, John Terry.” – Wenger in 2005 when quizzed on Arsenal’s all-foreign line-up.
At the beginning of the following season in August 2005, Wenger also expressed concerns over Chelsea’s tactics: “I know we live in a world where we have only winners and losers, but once a sport encourages teams who refuse to take the initiative, the sport is in danger.”
Mourinho was unimpressed. “Wenger has a real problem with us and I think he is what you call in England a voyeur. He is someone who likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. Wenger must be one of them – it is a sickness. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea.”
Wenger has a real problem with us and I think he is what you call in England a voyeur. He is someone who likes to watch other people.
Mourinho on Wenger
Wenger responded with a put-down of his own. “He’s out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.”
And more from Mourinho… “At Stamford Bridge, we have a file of quotes from Mr Wenger about Chelsea football club in the last 12 months – it is not a file of five pages. It is a file of 120 pages.”
When Mourinho departed Chelsea in September 2007, the rivalry was put on hold but that didn’t stop the pair trading criticism of each other from further afield.
“The English like statistics a lot,” said Mourinho in 2008. “Do they know that Arsene Wenger has only 50 per cent of wins in the English league?”
When Mourinho was in charge at Real Madrid and Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos got booked for tactical reasons against Galatasaray in order to serve suspensions for a comfortable second leg rather than risk missing important games later in the tournament, Wenger had plenty to say.
“When you see how it looks on television it is the best demonstration to think: ‘Never do that again’. It looks, frankly, horrible. It’s a pity to see that from a big club.”
Again, it only succeeded in sparking a fiery response from Mourinho…“Instead of speaking about Real Madrid, Mr Wenger should speak about Arsenal and explain how he lost 2-0 against a team in the Champions League for the first time. The history about the young kids is getting old now. Sagna, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Song, Nasri, Van Persie, Arshavin are not kids. They are all top players.”
After a cordial start upon Mourinho’s return Chelsea, Wenger was unimpressed when Juan Mata was sold to Manchester United – a move that he argued could distort the league table given that the Blues had played their final game against United the previous week while rivals still had to play them.
“Chelsea have already played twice against Man United, they could have sold him last week. I think if you want to respect the fairness for everybody, this should not happen.”
And the response… “Wenger complaining is normal because he always does. Normally he should be happy that Chelsea sold a player like Juan Mata, but this is a little bit his nature. I think what is not fair is that his team always has the best days to play.”
He’s out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes and not more intelligent.
Wenger on Mourinho
In February 2014, just a few weeks later, Wenger was asked why some of Arsenal’s fellow title hopefuls were so keen to downplay their ambitions. “It is fear to fail,” he said.
Mourinho delivered a memorable monologue in reply. “Am I afraid of failure? He is a specialist in failure. I’m not. So if one supposes he’s right and I’m afraid of failure, it’s because I don’t fail many times. So maybe he’s right. I’m not used to failing. But the reality is he’s a specialist because, eight years without a piece of silverware, that’s failure.”
After a decade of verbal insults, the rivalry finally escalated physically in October 2014 when Wenger shoved Mourinho during an argument on the touchline at Stamford Bridge.
“In hindsight I think I should not have reacted at all,” said Wenger. “It’s not a way to behave on a football field. Did Mourinho provoke me? That is how I felt. I did not enter Chelsea’s technical area.”
And when it was suggested to Mourinho that his Arsenal counterpart could be charged… “Charged? If it was me it would have been a stadium ban.”
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