According to Orlando's owner, Flavio Augusto da Silva, the new MLS club are "at the beginning of the conversation" with Hernandez, who is out of favour at Old Trafford and spent last season on loan at Real Madrid, where he failed to secure a starting position.
With Orlando having first made their interest in Hernandez public in May, it is widely expected that the 27-year-old Mexico international will join Kaka in purple, although Da Silva attempted to preach patience on Saturday.
"Many clubs in MLS are working to have this guy," Da Silva told reporters. "But we are at the beginning of the conversation and, as you know, the less we talk about the situation, the better, because we are in the middle of negotiations.
"We hope in one or two weeks to be ready to talk about Chicharito in a different way."
Hernandez has 37 Premier League goals to his name from 102 appearances and scored nine in 33 games across all competitions for Madrid last season but, with the likes of Steven Gerrard and Andrea Pirlo joining MLS this summer, Da Silva sees no obstacle to his potential capture.
"Why not for Orlando, why not for MLS?" he said. "Of course he's a great player that every club in the world would like to have and we'd love the chance to have him, too."
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