• Bundesliga club will not extend former Manchester United striker’s contract • Leverkusen yet to receive offers for 28-year-old in January window

Bayer Leverkusen will not extend Javier Hernández’s contract and are planning to sell the player this summer. The Mexico striker’s deal runs until June 2018 but the Guardian understands the Bundesliga club is expected to cash in on the former Manchester United and Real Madrid player in the next transfer window.

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Despite reports in Germany linking Hernández with a €25m (£21.4m) move in January, the club has yet to receive any offers or notable interest and does not plan on selling the 28-year old before the summer.

Hernández joined Leverkusen in August 2015 for a modest fee of €11m after limited success on loan at Madrid during the 2014‑15 season and, although he will be 30 by the time his contract expires, they are hoping to make a profit.

Hernández has scored only five goals in 15 Bundesliga games this season as part of a Leverkusen squad that has largely underperformed, with the club’s sporting director, Rudi Völler, going as far as to suggest the striker had to step up his game because the team “need a Chicharito who functions”.

Before the winter break the squad were warned by the coaching staff about recent performances but there was no falling out between Hernández and either the coach or his fellow players, as reported by Bild. Hernández arrived at the club’s training camp in Orlando on Wednesday as usual.

He took to the Bundesliga with relative ease, scoring 33 goals in 48 games all told. With 17 Bundesliga goals, he finished behind only Robert Lewandowski, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Thomas Müller in his opening German campaign.

However, Hernández has struggled to recreate such form this season, with his last league goal coming in a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund on 1 October. The striker has gone 649 minutes without scoring.

Nonetheless he is likely to fetch a reasonable price in the summer, with clubs in England or Spain likely to offer the opportunity to continue his career in Europe, although a return to Mexico may be an option.