Javier Hernandez: Advice for Mexican Soccer Players

Javier Hernández is someone very close to Santiago Giménez. Not only because Chaco Giménez was his friend and he knew Bebote since he was a child, but also because Chaquito has established a new record of goals for a Mexican in his first season in any European league.

Chicharito expressed his admiration and pleasure for what Santiago has achieved in this first adventure in the old continent. He even states that he will make the leap to big clubs when he feels ready and will prove it. In the context of this narrative, the tapatio sends advice not only to Giménez, but to practically any Mexican soccer player who dreams of transcending, from those in Liga MX, in European competitions, and even in lower divisions inside and outside our country:

"Be careful of the people you surround yourself with. Because the people you surround yourself with, that's what you'll become. That's why you must have the great humility of never stopping learning," said Chicharito to the media that covered him during his visit to SOS Children's Villages, to which both the player and LA Galaxy, his club, made a donation of $15,000.

Why is this advice important? Hernández Balcázar has been one of the Mexicans who has done the best in Europe, so he hopes that Giménez has a prolific and successful career there, and having the right companionship will not only help him achieve his goals, but also improve in areas where he is not satisfied.

"Because I always surrounded myself with people who I knew were doing things in a way that I didn't feel like I was doing at the time, and I admired them from another human being and wanted to learn from them," added Javier, who highlighted that he grew up admiring his grandfather, his father, and international footballers like Thierry Henry and Ronaldo Nazário, among others.

The Success of Mexicans Offends

Chicharito knows that in Mexico there is a quite complex mentality in many people who cannot stand to see others succeed. Instead of getting motivated by their stories and inspired to improve themselves, they get offended or even some others refuse to share part of their success.

"As Mexicans, unfortunately, most of us come from such difficult scarcity and lack of opportunities that we are almost taught to scratch our nails. When you achieve any kind of success or reward, we don't know how to share it," commented Hernández.

In this sense, he also reiterated his displeasure in comparing footballers and athletes from different times and disciplines, since they have all fought to get where they are and, as is the case with Santiago, they should motivate others to seek to surpass objectives and goals and be an international pride for everyone.