Javier Hernandez is Manchester United's lost predator... Tottenham should beware the Bayer Leverkusen star in Champions League clash.
Walk through any town or city in Mexico and the face of Javier Hernandez is never too far away. He gazes down from billboards advertising telephone companies, banks, soft drinks, even bread.
The striker's nickname - 'Chicharito' or 'little pea' - is emblazoned on the reverse of the green shirts of the Mexico team and, in what is a slightly bizarre sight, the red and black of Bayer Leverkusen.
It is solely because of the country's young poster boy that Leverkusen have overnight become the second team of many Mexicans.Â
Their Spanish language Twitter account, for instance, has gained nearly 87,000 followers in the space of a year.
This fame and publicity somehow jars with such a quiet and unassuming personality as Chicharito, a man dedicated to little else but the day job of poaching goals.
Tottenham Hotspur may well discover that on Tuesday evening when they take on Chicharito's Leverkusen in the Champions League, knowing that their back-to-back away and home fixtures against the Bundesliga side will be crucial.
There were certainly plenty of Manchester United fans disappointed - even angered - when Chicharito was sold to Leverkusen in August 2015, although he'd never really been in favour under Louis van Gaal.
The young Mexican hadn't done anything wrong - in three seasons under Sir Alex Ferguson between 2010 and 2013, he plundered a half-century of goals and helped United to two Premier League titles and the 2011 Champions League final.
Coming to Old Trafford at the age of 22 was a dream come true for a player of modest background who'd grafted hard for his opportunities at Guadalajara, a.k.a. Chivas, a hugely popular club of working-class identity.
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Many are dazzled by the Old Trafford lights, but Chicharito took the leap effortlessly, even scoring on his competitive debut in the 2010 FA Community Shield against Chelsea.
Though never a first-choice pick, Chicharito became Ferguson's trusted impact substitute - a kid of modern-day Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - and scored regularly in the Premier League and Champions League.
His two goals in the round of 16 against Marseille in 2011 and timely goal against Chelsea in the quarter-finals earned him a starting place in the final with Barcelona at Wembley.
In Ferguson's final season, he played his part in another title success and backed up Robin van Persie by scoring 18 goals in 36 outings, 14 of which came from the bench.
Chicharito was never one to score the kind of goals that might feature on Match of the Day's Goal of the Month, but his elastic penalty box movement to find those pockets of space resulted in plenty of lethal close-range finishes.
At United, he was the victim of the transition between one great dynasty and the starting of a new era. Though he played regularly under David Moyes, the goals didn't flow as well. Just the nine during 2013-14.
And it was perhaps off the back of this below-average return that Van Gaal opted to loan him out to Real Madrid during the first of his two seasons at United.
He did pretty well in Madrid, memorably scoring the 88th-minute winner that took Real past city rivals Atletico and into the semi-finals of the Champions League, though they opted not to keep him.
There is quite the irony in United struggling for goals last season after Van Gaal decided to let him move to Leverkusen for a fee of around £7million.
As Old Trafford suffered its biggest goal drought in decades, Chicharito was scoring at will in the Bundesliga, adapting seamlessly to life in German football, becoming an instant fan favourite.
Impressively, he was voted the Bundesliga player of the month in November, December and January as Leverkusen finished third behind the greater resources of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
The hot streak has continued with seven goals in the early part of this campaign, including a hat-trick at Mainz last month that summed up his assured finishing having got in behind a defensive line.
Having scored away to Monaco in Leverkusen's last Champions League outing, Spurs know they'll have to keep a tight rein on Chicharito in the BayArena, particularly in the absence of the injured Toby Alderweireld.
We could well see another reminder that Chicharito is the Premier League's lost predator.
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