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Bayer Leverkusen CEO: 'Mr. Van Gaal did not know that Chicharito is a good player'

Bayer Leverkusen CEO Michael Schade questions why Manchester United would have wanted to sell Javier Hernandez, and says the German club will 'absolutely not' sell its star.

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ORLANDO — As the sun beamed down on Bayer Leverkusen’s training session a stone’s throw from Disney World, Leverkusen CEO Michael Schade enjoyed a good laugh thinking about the fact that a team could think Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez wasn’t good enough.

Cast aside by Manchester United last summer, Chicharito has been one of the signings of the European season, earning back-to-back Bundesliga Player of the Year awards and scoring goals in bunches while his former club struggles to do the same.