Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been described as a "visionary" by the French press for signing Mexico striker Javier Hernandez.

Hernandez stunned France with his performance in yesterday's World Cup victory

And France-Soir's editorial read: "The manager of Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson is a visionary in putting his hand to the marvel that is Javier Hernandez and on Thursday night Les Blues understood why.

"Under the eyes of Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira, the heroes of 2006, their successors were showing their glaring lack of effectiveness and passivity and to make matters worse France will be without Jeremy Toulalan when they face South Africa."