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Javier Hernandez Clarifies Retirement Comments, Says It 'Could Last 10 Years'

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Los Angeles Galaxy striker Javier Hernandez has clarified comments he made about retirement on his YouTube channel.

Per ESPN FC's Tom Marshall, Chicharito—who has just signed for the Galaxy from Sevilla—spoke to his parents on his YouTube show Naked Humans and said his Major League Soccer move is "the beginning of retirement."

However, at his unveiling press conference, he said of the comments:

"It's so simple. I think all over the world, but [especially] in my country we love and we are like obsessed with drama and excess.