West Ham United striker Javier Hernandez brushed away claims that there were more than 30 VIP escorts at a pre-World Cup party for the Mexico squad.



In a Facebook Live stream, 'Chicharito' said it was just a celebration of his 30th birthday and there weren't escorts present, nor did anything inappropriate happen.

"It's a topic that I've wanted to talk about," Hernandez admitted. "There are a lot of things that are tiring. The truth is that it was a gathering to celebrate my birthday.

"They gave us the night off and the day off and we left the next day and that's what we did. They organised it for me and I invited all the players to come.

"They all came apart from Jesus Corona, the goalkeeper, because he had a personal issue and he apologised to me and all the squad. We ate together and then afterwards a lot of people arrived and every player left at the time they wanted to.

"Another thing that makes me embarrassed and laugh and that I have to talk about now it comes to mind is that there were never escorts or anything similar. That shows a lack of respect for the people that were there."