Jose Mourinho Says Manchester United Should Never Have Sold Javier Hernandez

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday that his club should never have sold Javier Hernandez to Bundesliga team Bayer Leverkusen.

James Ducker of the Telegraph reported the self-proclaimed Special One "bemoaned the shortage of natural goalscoring 'killers' in United's squad" and admitted that he is hoping to add a striker in the summer.

According to Ducker, the Portuguese coach backed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford but believes United's attacking unit is short of scoring talent.

Mourinho said:

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We have some players that are not really players in love with the goal. They are good players, they are creative players, they can create but, naturally, they are not the kind of guy that is a killer.

I give a simple example. In the way we play at Old Trafford, in the way we dominate opponents, in the way we play in the box, I think Chicharito would have 20 goals easy. Even coming from the bench for the last 10 or 20 minutes, he would have 20 goals. He is the guy that, naturally, the ball comes here, rebounds here, rebounds there - boom, goal. The goalkeeper saves, he goes there—boom, goal. The cross is coming, he anticipates the first-post header, goal.

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Per Ducker, Mourinho will attempt to convince Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann to join the ranks at Old Trafford but the France international wants to wait to see whether the Red Devils qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

Mourinho added that he "believes in [Rashford]" but hinted he is in the market to find a goalscorer.

United's wastefulness has seen them fall short of challenging for the Premier League title, and their top-four aspirations have also been damaged by a lack of victories at the Theatre of Dreams, a consequence of their poor goalscoring record—the worst in the top seven.