The midfielder is approaching final 12 months of his contract
Ander Herrera joined Manchester United from Athletic Bilbao for €40 million in 2014, after he activated his buy out clause. The midfielder has been a key player since joining and has won FA Cup, Europa League and League Cup with the club. He was presented the Matt Busby Player of the Year last season.
But the 28 year has been left out of Jose Mourinho’s starting XI at various points this season, starting just 13 of his 26 league games. The Red Devils are expected to invest heavily in the squad this season and one of their priorities is to sign new midfielders.
The Spaniard is approaching the final 12 months of his contract and has been linked with a summer exit.
But Herrera insists he has no plans to leave the club this summer and expects to stay for a long time unless the Premier League giants decide to sell him.
“My future is the FA Cup final. I want to be here next season and unless the club sack me, I will be here in pre-season and fight to keep adding games to my total,” he said, as quoted by The Guardian.
“In football, what today is black is white tomorrow. So if you think about what can happen in the summer, maybe the club signs four midfielders and they don’t want me any more.
“The only thing I can do is train well today and train well tomorrow. That’s all I can say – and of course if the club wants to talk to me [to extend my contract, which runs out in June 2019] I will listen to them because I am happy here.”
The 28-year-old says he is used to being in and out of the United squad and can deal with the disappointment of being left out by Mourinho.
“I know some of my team-mates, and some footballers, are up and down. If I play well I’m not very happy and if I play badly I’m not very sad. My age and experience has helped me keep that balance.
“If you work hard and respect the ones who are playing at that moment but try to give everything you have, whether that’s five minutes or 30 minutes, sooner or later football is fair. I really believe that.”
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