“I am going to follow their footsteps and try to improve each day,” he added later at his first news conference as a Real player. Hernandez, who impressed while on loan at Basque side Alaves last season, signed with Real for the next six seasons for a reported fee of 30 million euros ($34 million). He rejected numerous offers of a new deal from Atletico, where he was under contract until 2021, and other European clubs, reiterating his desire to play for Real Madrid. “You wanted to wear this jersey above all others even though other big clubs, as we all know, wanted you. The player’s father Jean-Francois Hernandez was also a professional footballer with Toulouse, Marseille and Atletico, while his elder brother Lucas Hernandez also plays for Diego Simeone’s capital-city side.

Source: Manila Times July 11, 2017 09:45 UTC