Carlo Ancelotti, now in his first season managing Bayern Munich, will not be orchestrating a reunion with Chicharito. Ancelotti managed the long time Manchester United striker when Chicharito was on loan with Real Madrid during the 2014-15 season. United sold the Mexican international, whose formal name is Javier Hernandez, to Bayer Leverkusen, where he effectively reignited his then sputtering career.
Hernandez blossomed into one of the Bundesliga’s most feared scorers at Bayer, but he will not be moving on the ruling oligarchs of the German top flight in Munich.
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Ancelotti gave a news conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA yesterday where his team is currently on preseason exhibition tour. Bayern Munich will AC Milan, one of Ancelotti’s former teams in an international friendly tonight at Soldier Field. The match is part of the International Champions Cup, and you read a game preview at this link.
At the press conference, Ancelotti dismissed the idea of Chicharito moving to Munich.
“I have a lot of love for Chicharito,” he said.
“He’s a very serious professional and I had a very good relationship with him at Real Madrid.”
“I think now that he’s at Bayer Leverkusen, he’s going to be a very strong opponent, but an opponent is what he is. I’ve got to consider him an adversary.”
Rumors of a Hernandez move to Bayern were stimulated by the following Twitter exchange this past spring. Tweets posted below:
Nice to meet again with Chicharito (@CH14_ ) in Vancouver, a great player and an excellent person pic.twitter.com/ozcIYYiCHE
— Carlo Ancelotti (@MrAncelotti) March 23, 2016
Totally grateful and very happy for meeting you again mister! I wish you all the best!! https://t.co/GQCkxw3s0g
— Chicharito Hernandez (@CH14_) March 23, 2016
Ancelotti also declared Bayern Munich’s transfer business over for the summer, stating that the Bundesliga giants won’t be bringing in any more players.
“As I’ve said, the team is good as we are — we are covered in every position.”
“I’m really happy with the players we have got — we’ve got a lot of quality. We don’t need to buy other players because we have a good squad.”
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