March 31, 2011 – There are more Manchester United stories in the media than any other club – some are worth reading, others are absolute garbage! How can anyone possibly keep up with them all? Truly Reds does it’s best to bring you the latest news but there’s only so much that can be covered. One alternative is to collate the stories which cannot be updated daily so that they can at least be brought to your attention each Thursday of  every week

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March 31, 2011 – There are more Manchester United stories in the media than any other club – some are worth reading, others are absolute garbage! How can anyone possibly keep up with them all? Truly Reds does it’s best to bring you the latest news but there’s only so much that can be covered. One alternative is to collate the stories which cannot be updated daily so that they can at least be brought to your attention each Thursday of  every week

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Many has compared him with Manchester United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, possibly because Javier Hernandez  has the knack of coming on as a sub and grabbing vital goals. But there’s an even older United legend that Chicharito can be likened to. Those with long enough memories may or may not agree that the young Mexican shows a lot of similarities to Denis Law. The King used to take his goals – lots of them, in much the same way that Hernandez does today. Always in the right place at the right time to somehow find a way of nicking the ball into the net. Rarely did either of them slam pile drivers from 20 or 30 metres like Wayne Rooney sometimes does but if there’s a sniff, you can bet that Chicharito will profit from it just as Law used to do. Here’s his two goals in Mexico’s 3-1 defeat of Paraguay on Saturday.

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Interruptions to the Premier League for international matches have never been welcome but Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is breathing a sigh of relief for the respite that his troops can enjoy before re engaging in the title race with the trip to West Ham. Sir Alex believes that the break has come at a perfect time as his side attempts to clinch a record breaking championship. Ferguson hopes to have key players available by the time United resume their season saying “ We have a great lead even though Arsenal have a game in hand but we’ve got the points so we don’t need to worry about that. Once we start getting players back from injury, we will have a great chance.”

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When Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson signed  Javier Hernandez for £7 million from Mexico’s Chivas back in April he described him as being “two footed, very quick, in possession of a good spring and a natural goalscorer”. ‘Chicharito’ has since proven Ferguson right and quickly won over the fans at Old Trafford. So much so that a group by the name of  The World Red Army featuring the salsa vocals of Choco Orta has recorded ‘Chico is the Man’ in tribute and you can listen to it by clicking on the cover.

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From a virtually unknown Mexican kid a mere six months ago to the man who everyone at Old Trafford has fallen in love with. ‘Chicharito‘  is polite, articulate, has proven to have enormous talent and obviously appreciates the opportunity offered to him by Manchester United. He is the young man that every father would welcome into his family with open arms unlike some of the spoilt characters found in so many major football clubs. Is Javier Hernandez too good to be true? In a recent interview with Inside United magazine he reflects on how his life has changed from almost giving up on football to becoming United’s first Mexican player.

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