Chicharito: MLS is not a retirement league, it has grown so much

After Galaxy announced Javier Hernandez signing, he published a video in social media telling his dad that his career in Europe was over and it was time to think about his retirement.

Javier Hernandez has not been in Los Angeles a whole week and he already is in the eye of the storm due to a video that he published in his Youtube channel in which he says it is time to start thinking about his retirement.

The 31-year-old used that word when referring to his move to Los Angeles to play with Galaxy in the MLS. What he really meant is that he is in an age that he needs to think about his near future not that the Major League Soccer is a place for players to retire.

Chicharito: The MLS is not a retirement league

Chicharito wanted to clarify that since he is 31 years old and after a decade playing in Europe, it was time for a change since he is not getting any younger and all he wants to do is keep playing soccer, “My career as a soccer player is coming to an end, I wonder what would happen if I decided to go back and play in Mexico, that is not a league you go to retire. All I meant in that video is that my career is coming to an end, that could happen in 5 or 10 years,” said Galaxy’s number 14.

“Many years ago I would say yes the MLS is a retirement league, but it has grown so much. This league has improved and in Mexico they do not realize that. I did not come to Galaxy to retire, I came to win and compete. But it is clear that I have a few years left as a soccer player, so everyone should just relax,” Chicharito said to former player, Alexi Lalas, during an interview.