Hernandez took a massive pay cut to join Sevilla (Picture: Getty)

Javier Hernandez reportedly took a £92,000-a-week pay cut to join Sevilla this summer from West Ham.

The Mexican striker returned to La Liga after calling time on his second spell in the Premier League.

Hernandez was a massive earner at West Ham, pocketing a reported £145,000-a-week, according to the Daily Mail. When Sevilla came calling, Hernandez agreed to lower his wages to £53,000-a-week.

‘I wanted to sign him a long time ago and I must say that in my 20 years as a sports director I had never seen a football player lower his salary so much to sign for Sevilla,’ club sporting director Monchi.


Hernandez scored on his final appearance for West Ham (Picture: Getty)

‘Javier convinced me in the first talk we had,’ he continued.



‘He is an experienced forward who meets the requirements our coach wants.’

Hernandez, 31, spent two years with the Hammers, scoring 17 times in 63 appearances for the London side.

Hernandez took a £92,000-a-week pay cut (Picture: Getty)

The forward is the second mega-earner West Ham have managed to get off their books over the summer after Marko Arnautovic left the club for China.

Arnautovic and Hernandez’s wages are believed to have caused issues in the dressing room, but the Hammers have got off to a good start in the Premier League, sitting seventh after four games.

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