 On 17 May 2017, the 32-year-old Hernández agreed to a new one-year deal.On 16 April 2018, he was nominated as one of four players for the Leeds Player of The Year award; ten days later, he ended speculation about his future (with his contract close to expiry) by signing a new two-year extension until June 2020, and on 5 May, he won both its Player of the Year and Players Player Of The Year awards at the annual ceremony.On 25 August 2018, after Hernández had scored his third goal in five league games, Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa hailed him as "a complete player from every point of view", adding that he had only rarely in his career seen a wide player exert such influence over the whole pitch.