01 Sep 2013 10:44:32
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According to Spanish radio station, Cadena SER's, El Carrusel Deportivo, journalist Tono Garcia spoke to Herrera in the club's hotel in Madrid and the coveted midfielder insisted that he would not make the move to England and join Manchester United, but will remain with Athletic Bilbao.

While there is no actual audio from Herrera, Garcia recounted the conversation he had with the 24-year-old.

"I'm going to tell you what he told me this morning. If he didn't tell me, it's because things were as clear as they are now.

"Manchester United's initial position was firm, and offered Athletic €26 million. This was the final offer, and they were clear that they would not pay the release clause because of the high economic costs.

"Still, there was fear [with Athletic] because Bayern did the same thing when they came for Javi Martinez, but when Martinez' tax agent negotiated with the IRS, things got unblocked rather quickly.

"As of this afternoon [Saturday], no one with Manchester United or Ander Herrera has negotiated with the Treasury [to deposit the full release clause amount], and too much time has gone by to do so. Therefore, [due to taxes] if Manchester United wanted Herrera they would need to play the €36 million release clause and an additional €8 million."

1.) 01 Sep 2013
If this is true, I am just asking the question why didn't Herrera play today? he's a regular for Bilbao. not saying your wrong but you would think (well like to think) its beacuse he's moving to utd.

Only time will tell

Flipflop1981

2.) 01 Sep 2013
MU will not pay €44m for Herrera as he isn't worth that amount.