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Ander Herrera to leave Man Utd at end of season

By Simon StoneBBC Sport

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Ander Herrera
Herrera scored 20 goals in 189 appearances at United

Ander Herrera will leave Manchester United when his contract expires at the end of the season.

The news was confirmed on social mediaexternal-link on Saturday after widespread speculation about his future.

The 29-year-old Spain midfielder, who joined the club under Louis van Gaal from Athletic Bilbao in 2014, is understood to have agreed terms with Paris St-Germain.

United did attempt to keep Herrera but there was no agreement over terms.

Irritated at the time it took the Old Trafford club to make an offer, Herrera then asked for a wage in line with the club's highest earners.

United felt it was too much, so Herrera will bring to an end his five-year stay at the club this weekend.

It is not known whether Herrera will play any part in Sunday's final Premier League game against Cardiff at Old Trafford.

He scored 20 goals in 189 appearances and won the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League.

In an emotional video,external-link Herrera, who won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award in 2017, voted for by United fans, said "there is red in my heart".

He added: "Playing for the greatest club in England has been a true honour. Every time I represented this club, in every game, in wins and losses, even when I couldn't help from the grass, I understood what this clubs means."

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  • Comment posted by Doctor Spin, at 11:07 11 May 2019

    Signing Sanchez has turned out to be the worst bit of business ever, obviously the players who have been winning the players of the year for the past few seasons are gonna wonder why their wages are so much less than a guy who's scored 3 goals and sat on the bench
    I'd also leave my job if someone came in and got paid twice as much for half aw much work

  • Comment posted by Lee, at 10:49 11 May 2019

    Looks like we’re stuck with Pogba. He really needs to go.

  • Comment posted by Diggler, at 10:49 11 May 2019

    Can pretty much let anyone else go but he's the one real loss for us. Great player. Obvious mismanagement by Woodward - again.

  • Comment posted by SteH11, at 11:20 11 May 2019

    Not a great player but still probably worth £20 million in todays market, and United have just lost him for free!

    City may be rich but at least the owners use the money wisely. United just flush it down the toilet time and time again. When's the last time they signed someone who was actually worth what they paid for him?

  • Comment posted by Regarder, at 11:05 11 May 2019

    Pogba and Sanchez need to be the next ones out.

  • Comment posted by The Chelsea Fan, at 10:45 11 May 2019

    Losing one of the best players. And so it begins.

  • Comment posted by SamB, at 11:17 11 May 2019

    You know you're **** when players like Herrera think they can do better than you.

  • Comment posted by U17144018, at 10:53 11 May 2019

    "Herrera then asked for a wage in line with the club's highest earners.

    United felt it was too much"
    ----------------------------------------
    So Woodward thinks its ok to pay more to a benchwarmer such as Sanchez? This sums up Woodward perfectly ha ha ha ha

  • Comment posted by RedTrent, at 10:47 11 May 2019

    I thought he was one of the better ones.

  • Comment posted by Roberto_larcos, at 10:53 11 May 2019

    One of a few (very few) hard working players at club,

    Thanks Ander

  • Comment posted by bean43, at 11:26 11 May 2019

    At the time of the Sanchez transfer, I didn't realise the following statement would prove so significant a year later. "City opted against signing Sanchez as they thought it might affect team spirit"

  • Comment posted by You, at 11:31 11 May 2019

    this is the problem United have;

    they have players like Herrera are not at the level but try their best

    then they have players like Pogba who is class couldn't give a $**t

  • Comment posted by FAM, at 10:55 11 May 2019

    He is a decent squad player but if being honest better players are needed, certainly not worth the wages he wanted. Now to jettison a few more. As for offering Rashford 200k per week, they should halve his wages and tell him when he gets consistent then he can have a rise. Hope Utd can find a way of ditching Pogba now his slime ball agent has been banned. He should sack him for breach of contract.

  • Comment posted by MethodMan, at 10:54 11 May 2019

    This is just wrong in every single way. The ones who should be leaving and should have left a long long time ago are the mediocre donkeys like Phil Jones, Smalling and Ashley Young. Not this man. He’s a good player and it’s a big loss for us. Instead of giving these mediocrities new extensions man united why didn’t you get rid of the useless ones first.

    Good luck Ander you’ve been great.

  • Comment posted by Thesoundoflogic, at 10:53 11 May 2019

    “The greatest team in England”. United fans laughed at us for preaching history.

    Not even the grestest team in Manchester let alone England.

  • Comment posted by G-MAN, at 10:54 11 May 2019

    Actually, a bit gutted he's leaving. He may have had a few of the "dark arts" about him, and was sometimes a bit limited, but at least he had a lot of passion about him. He was a trier and a leader on the pitch - can't say that about most of the prima donnas.

  • Comment posted by tronaldo, at 10:53 11 May 2019

    More fallout from the catastrophic mistake united made bringing sanchez to the club. This guy should've been captain of united.

  • Comment posted by PaulF, at 10:49 11 May 2019

    disappointing to see a passionate good player leave the club.

  • Comment posted by The Truth Is , at 10:57 11 May 2019

    Logical move really - At his age to go for a lot more money elsewhere - Also United need to give youngsters a chance now and invest in younger players - but Smalling & Jones & Young, I guess they are keeping only for a very short time until better options arise ?
    United need committed players - get rid of the mercenaries !!

  • Comment posted by Dale Hanson, at 10:55 11 May 2019

    Pound for pound probably the best signing since Fergie's retirement. Sad to see him go, but he was a great servant to the club and I wish him well.

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