Javier Hernandez says the now-infamous party Mexico players held ahead of the World Cup was his birthday bash, but defended the integrity of the squad and said he wouldn’t do it over again.
“It’s a topic that I’ve wanted to opine and to talk about,” the West Ham striker said in a Facebook Live stream on Sunday night. “There are a lot of things that are tiring. The truth is that it was a gathering to celebrate my [30th] birthday.
“They gave us the night off and the [following] day off and we left [for Copenhagen] the next day and that’s what we did. They organized [the party] for me and I invited all the players to come.
“They all came apart from Jesus Corona, the goalkeeper, because he had a personal issue and he apologized to me and all the squad. We ate together and then afterwards a lot of people arrived and every player left at the time they wanted to.
“Another thing that makes me embarrassed and laugh and that I have to talk about now it comes to mind is that there were never escorts or anything similar… that shows a lack of respect for the people that were there.”