Real Madrid mastermind Jose Mourinho has urged club officials to increase efforts to land Manchester Unitedforward Javier Hernandez in January, according to Mexican website Record.com.mx.

Despite Karim Benzema beginning to find his feet for los Blancos since the injury of Gonzalo Higuain, Mourinho is looking to further bolster his options in that department.

Real Madrid will however have to do a lot of persuading to force Sir Alex Ferguson to part with his highly rated 22-year-old Mexican international, Manchester United having only signed the tricky forward just before the World Cup in the summer.

Other targets that have been touted around the media for a New Year swoop include Wolfsburg's Edin Dzeko and Athletic Bilbao's Fernando Llorente.