About 10 days before the Russia World Cup in 2018, there was a scandal of the Mexican National Football Team players involved in a wild orgy with prostitutes. It was covered worldwide and only a few details of that event were actually revealed. Many of the things that were said back then were not true and there was one player who didn't return to the team once Gerardo 'Tata' Martino took control of the team. That player was 'Chicharito' Hernandez but nobody wanted to publicly disclose the reason he wasn't coming back to the team, it was the worst kept secret in the Mexican team's recent history.

Many journalists decided to not say what actually happened in public out of fear of being rejected by the Mexican Football Federation for talking about the scandal. But one journalist who can't be bought and didn't mind telling the story is none other than veteran and legend Jose Ramon Fernandez. He recently spoke to Proceso, a Mexican publication that generally deals with politics but sometimes publishes stories like this one. Essentially, Fernandez revealed the entire truth to why 'Chicharito' won't play the World Cup in Qatar.

Who is Jose Ramon Fernandez?

Jose Ramon Fernandez is one of the most prominent sports journalists in Mexico from the last 50 years. He started his career in local channel TV Azteca but eventually moved on to ESPN, where he's remained for the last 15 years. 'Joserra' has fame as one of the Mexican National Team's harshest critics and nobody in Mexican sports journalism can argue he is one of the country's biggest legends. If any journalist would dare to spill the beans about this 'Chicharito' drama, it would have to be him.

'Chicharito' hired prostitutes before the 2018 World Cup

Here's what the Proceso TikTok account uploaded from Jose Ramon Fernandez's interview: "'Tata' (Martino) confessed to us, verbatum. That 'Chicharito' hired two prostitutes during a trip to New York and San Antonio and that was it for him. The entire group rejected him because he compromised all the other players with their wives. They were all accused of having an orgy, and all their women were obviously fuming after that. There was a group of players who opposed to him. 'Chicharito' wasn't able to seek forgiveness in time, Martino spoke to him and he denied everything."

'Chicharito' got and FMF staff member fired

Fernandez also revealed an FMF staff member who procured the prostitutes was fired: "The person who was involved in arranging the whole ordeal with the prostitutes used to work at the Mexican Football Federation was fired. Today, he works at FIFA and 'Chicharito' kept saying: 'I score my goals' when he was having marital issues. That's why he won't play the World Cup. 'Chicharito' can score goals with his nose, his butt cheeks, or even score great goals. But he will always just be 'Chicharito. Vela is a better player. However, Vela's mentality is not enough for him to compete. He plays for a league where he is a finalist and he is okay with that."

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