5 players Jose Mourinho needs to rid Manchester United of

#2 Ander Herrera

Herrera has not shone in the United jersey

When asked to talk about a Spanish central midfielder; the image that comes to mind is usually a pleasant one. Calm in possession, great passer, good movement on and off the ball and a hard worker to boot.

This was something that Herrera was when he was at Athletic Bilbao under the tutelage of Marcelo Bielsa. Unfortunately, he has regressed terribly since he arrived at Old Trafford.

He was purchased for £29m to be the team’s deep-lying playmaker during Van Gaal’s unsuccessful attempts to turn the Red Devils into a European-styled team.

This has not worked though. In his urge to adapt to the English game, he has become a typical English all-action midfielder; lots of running around and hard work but little in the way of control, creativity or end product.

This has meant that Paul Pogba has been solely tasked with creating from midfield for the Red Devils. This sea change of attitude explains why successive Spanish managers have deemed him unworthy of a national call-up.

With the signing of Brazilian midfielder Fred, it seems Herrera’s days at United are numbered.