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Rio Ferdinand (r.) and Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez (l.) played together for Manchester United for four years. - © © gettyimages / Botterill
Rio Ferdinand (r.) and Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez (l.) played together for Manchester United for four years. - © © gettyimages / Botterill

Ferdinand: I knew Chicharito would come good

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Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez’s former Manchester United FC team-mate, Rio Ferdinand, has praised the Mexican superstar’s prolific goalscoring form since joining Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the summer.

Click here for highlights of Leverkusen's 5-0 win over Gladbach

After finding the net in Tuesday’s DFB Cup third-round 3-1 victory at SpVgg Unterhaching, ‘Chicharito’ has now scored 18 goals in 21 competitive games since arriving at the BayArena. Ten of those goals have come in the Bundesliga, including a maiden top-flight hat-trick against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Matchday 16.

“I told you all @CH14_ would score if given [a] run of games,” tweeted Ferdinand (see below), who played alongside Hernandez at the Premier League’s record champions from 2010 until 2014.

Click here for bundesliga.com's exclusive interview with Chicharito

Hernandez left Old Trafford in August 2015 after a loan spell at Real Madrid CF last season. He recently told bundesliga.com he has not “necessarily had the opportunities in the last two or three years”.

Click here for bundesliga.com's site devoted to Chicharito