Hernandez: ‘I HAD to leave Man United – I wasn’t playing enough!’

Javier Hernandez he revealed he felt he had to leave Manchester United in the summer duo to his lack of game time.

The Mexico international joined Bayer Leverkusen in August for £7.3million after a five-year spell at Old Trafford.

Since the move, the striker has been on fire with 19 goals in 22 appearances for his new club.

The form has led to United fans questioning why the 27-year-old was ever sold - but the Mexican has now revealed he wanted to leave in search of more action.

"What I was missing in the last two or three years, it was like I was playing sometimes and then returning to the bench,"; Hernandez told the Orlando Sentinel.

"But now that I am playing most of the game or almost all of my games here in my club, that's what I need — the rhythm, that confidence.

"Because people sometimes think the confidence is with goals, but I don't think like that. I think confidence is to play day-by-day, to get rhythm."??