When murmurs about Ander Herrera's future at Manchester United began to surface around 12 months ago, there was concern among many supporters over the prospect of, quite probably, the club's most dependable midfielder leaving on a free transfer.
Herrera did not have Paul Pogba's star quality, nor was he as commanding as Nemanja Matic, but, as an overall package, he was one of the most reliable players in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad.
United wanted to keep him but they dithered over a new contract and, by the time they stepped up their efforts to commit the Basque to a new deal, his head had been turned by Paris Saint-Germain.
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