Ligue 1 special: Going back to the time when Javier Hernandez was ignored by the Ligue 1
The French Ligue 1’s history of ignoring talented player is something not many people in Europe know about. There have been times when some of the most familiar faces of European football were offered to the likes of Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne and Paris Saint-Germain
but the French clubs simply turned their gaze away from players who at that time were still making their names in their respective leagues.
The likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mathieu-Valbuena-c24690 and Lisandro Lopez have all been ignored by many French clubs for various reasons.
Bettor.com takes a look at some of the players who were initially rejected by Ligue 1 clubs before they made a name for themselves in some of Europe’s finest clubs.
Javier Hernandez
Country: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mexico-c2956
Current club: Manchester United
Before arriving at Old Trafford last summer and making his mark as one of the most lethal strikers in the English Premier League, Chicharito was considered as one of the hottest players in the Mexican Primera Division with Chivas Guadalajara.
However, before his famous move to Manchester United (which was finalised in January 2010), Chivas http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Guadalajara-c39463 had offered the player’s services to three Ligue 1 clubs. AS Saint-Etienne, Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain were all offered the talented striker
for a mere four million Euros.
However, out of sheer ignorance, the trio chose not sign a youngster who would go on to become a major star in Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson’s team. What happened later is a well-documented fact.
United paid the Mexicans 10 million Euros for the youngster and after a strong showing at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757, Hernandez played a crucial part in his first season at Old Trafford which saw the Red Devils win the Premier League for the
19th time.
Hernandez played a crucial part in Sir Alex Ferguson’s life-long dream of knocking archrivals http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 off their perch by scoring 20 goals in 45 games. though he was not used regularly in the first half of the 2010/2011 season largely due to the prolific
form of striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254, the 23-year-old managed to keep Berbatov in the bench and since then, has become a regular starter for Ferguson’s side.
For the national side, Chicharito has become a huge star and has already scored 22 goals in only 31 games which just goes on to show how quickly the United recruitment cell acted in order to sign the budding youth.
The three French clubs’ loss was to be Manchester United’s gain. Paris Saint-Germain ignored the youngster but it wasn’t such a blow for the Parisians who, after some heavy investment made by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Qatar-c2986 Investment Authority, are moving towards becoming one of
the strongest sides in Europe.
However, the same cannot be said of AS Saint-Etienne and FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The two Ligue 1 clubs have never been able to dominate the Ligue 1 for the past three seasons. Furthermore, the new season has witnessed the duo’s inability to score a lot
of goals.
All this could have changed had the two club considered giving the youngster a trial when he was a totally unknown quantity outside Central http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390.
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