Liga MX: Chicharito Hernández assured that he was close to announcing his retirement before AP24

Javier Hernandez is having a series of problems facing the start of the Apertura 2024 and it is that the forward of Chivas He confirmed that during the preseason he suffered an injury that could have ended his career, which has made him rethink everything.

During a broadcast on his Twitch account, Chicharito Hernández announced that he missed the Rebaño’s games because he suffered a sprain of the medial collateral ligament of the left kneea situation due to which he did not see more minutes and which will possibly make him debut late in this Apertura 2024.

“I think we dodged a very tough bullet. I could have torn my cruciate ligament in my knee due to an unintentional tackle. It was an accident, but I almost tore my ligament. Fortunately, it was a sprain,” said the Mexican.

With this, Javier Hernández revealed that if he had suffered another injury like the torn cruciate ligament he suffered months ago when he was playing for the Galaxy, he would have decided not to play again and would have announced his retirement from the field, because he believes that recovery would have been very complicated.

“Fortunately, because of the work I do, it helped my hips move in a certain way so that my knee was saved, If I hurt my knee like that again, I’d retire.“, said the footballer.

At the moment there is no confirmed time for his return to the courts, it is expected that once the tournament starts Fernando Gago will confirm how long the player will be out.

Graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente with a degree in Communication Sciences. My path in journalism began in August 2019 on the debate.com.mx portal as a Web Reporter in the sports section where I am in charge of keeping readers informed of the best of national and international sports. I also cover Liga MX matches through the portal with the details of each one of them. I am passionate about sports communication, which is where the most emotions can be found. I was also a correspondent for the digital media Zona Brava MX based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. With them I had direct contact with the Liga de Ascenso MX through the professional team Dorados de Sinaloa. I also have experience in the communications area of ​​the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Sinaloa where I collaborated with the creation of content for the social networks of the same entity. Currently I am preparing myself more thoroughly in the sports world, I also have experience in broadcasting thanks to projects taught in my university development.

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