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Spanish sources claim the Mexican international is now surplus to requirements at both Old Trafford and the Bernabeu, and preparations for next season are already underway.

West Ham are the favourites to sign the 26-year-old, but Sam Allardyce's club will have to fend off strong competition from Premier League rivals Tottenham, Everton and Stoke.

It's been reported that a fee in the region of £8m will be enough to capture Hernandez - a significant coup considering his outstanding goalscoring record.

Chicharito has had precious little time to prove his credentials in Spain, having earned just 219-minutes of La Liga action.

Hernandez is seldom in Carlo Ancelotti's first eleven, but despite his severe lack of playing time, the attacking dynamo has still managed to bag three goals and a further two assists to boot.

Rather than pay Hernandez's modest fee, Spanish journalist Melchor Ruiz believes manager Carlo Ancelotti will opt to integrate youth team starlets as back-up for talisman Karim Benzema.

Ruiz said: "They acknowledge they could have been wrong about him after what he has contributed.

"It has not been good for the player how the season has gone. They also believe it wasn’t necessary to sign him as he has not had many minutes."