LA Galaxy forward Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez has confirmed that he’s spoken with new Mexico manager Diego Cocca and that the door “is open” to a possible national team return.
Hernandez, Mexico’s all-time leading goalscorer, hasn’t appeared for the men’s national team since 2019.
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“I received a call three weeks ago from Diego Cocca to inform me that, like myself and all the other Mexican players, our doors are open and everything would depend on our football level and the decisions that he makes,” Hernandez said this week during a presentation for a real estate company he’s recently invested in.
Sources told ESPN Mexico’s Sergio Dipp on Friday that Hernandez has felt that Cocca is more honest than former Mexico manager Gerardo “Tata” Martino, who left the 34-year-old striker out of the 2022 World Cup roster.
