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Hernandez will score hundreds of goals for Man Utd - Neville

Manchester United retiree Gary Neville feels that young gun striker Javier Hernandez will score 'hundreds of goals' for the club.

The 22-year old Mexican has scored 13 Premier League goals despite starting just 14 times in his debut season and Neville, who retired earlier in the campaign, told the Barclays Premier League World show that he can see him continuing on in that vein.

"It's pretty obvious early on when you've been there a long time, you understand a player who has got special qualities," Neville said.

"He is the first into the training ground, into the gym, working harder than you would see normally. He's an incredibly hard-working person, he knew the language, accepted by the players straight away and is someone with an incredible talent in front of goal. He has a work ethic as well, he defends for the team but his eye for goal is absolutely brilliant.

"I know he has been likened to Ole Gunnar Solksjaer and you can see why because they have the same mentality. You just know that players like that will always be there to score a goal for you and he will score hundreds of goals for Manchester United if he was to stay at the club for a long period of time."

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