Madrid (AFP)
Sevilla's Mexican striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernández has transferred to the Los Angeles Galaxy in American MLS, the Andalusian club announced on Tuesday.
"Chicharito" will be responsible for the Los Angeles Galaxy to fill the void left by the Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who signed in December with AC Milan. According to Sport Illustrated magazine, Hernandez will be paid $ 6 million, the highest salary for an MLS footballer.
Arrived last summer from West Ham, the 31-year-old Mexican player, who also wore the colors Manchester United and Real Madrid, thus puts an end to a stage of only five months in Seville.
"I say goodbye to a club where I have been there only a short time, but long enough to have a special affection for him and to know what it means in the world of football," Chicharito said in a message on his twitter account.
The striker has played little with coach Julen Lopetegui, with whom he has played 15 games this season, scoring three goals.
"I am going away quietly and happy because I have given everything for this club," said Chicharito in his message. Seville, for its part, thanked "the performance and the implication of" Chicharito "during these months as a player of the Nervión while wishing him" good luck in this new professional stage ", according to the press release from the Andalusian team .
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