Former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez says he “deeply regrets” making the sexist remarks that led to him being fined and warned about his future conduct.
The Mexican Soccer Federation (FMF) stated the 37-year-old, now with Liga MX facet Chivas, made a collection of statements on TikTok “selling sexist stereotypes which are thought-about media violence and go towards gender equality in sport”.
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Hernandez stated girls are “failing” and “eradicating masculinity”.
“Do not be afraid to be girls, to permit yourselves to be led by a person,” stated the previous Mexico captain on social media.
In an apology posted on Instagram on Thursday, he stated it was “by no means my intention” to “damage or divide”.
“I deeply remorse any confusion or discomfort that my current phrases have induced,” added Hernandez, who gained two Premier League titles throughout his five-year spell at United.
He stated he was “listening, reflecting and dedicated to expressing myself with higher readability and sensitivity” and he would “take this chance to know, develop and proceed working to be a greater model of myself”.
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The unique feedback, which have been made final weekend, have been met with a backlash in Mexico.
President Claudia Sheinbaum, the nation’s first feminine president, stated: “Chicharito is an excellent soccer [player] however with regards to his opinion on girls… he nonetheless has loads to study.”
In a joint assertion, the FMF and Mexico’s high males’s and girls’s leagues stated the Gender and Range Fee has began an investigation “that seeks to stop and punish this behaviour”, and it’ll “take extra extreme measures within the occasion of a repeat offence”.
Chivas stated the feedback have been “opposite to the rules and values” of the membership and so they had taken “acceptable motion” towards Hernandez, although they didn’t specify what that was.
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Hernandez, joined Manchester United from Chivas in 2010.
Spells with Actual Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen adopted, earlier than he returned to the Premier League in 2017 with West Ham for a three-season stint.
Hernandez left them for Sevilla, earlier than spending 4 seasons with MLS facet Los Angeles Galaxy.
He returned to first membership Chivas in 2023, signing a two-year deal.