Ander Herrera 💌 Real Zaragoza

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter · Sep 2, 2026 · 37m

One of the grooviest moves of this entire transfer window saw Ander Herrera, the great former Athletic and United midfielder, return to his first love, the nursery school of his career, Real Zaragoza - to play for free in the third tier.

It reminded me of one of my favourite episodes of The Big Interview, the podcast that I produced for eight years - and so, just for you, here it is.

Almost a decade ago now, I went to Manchester to chat with him and, as you’ll hear, the very first thing he wanted to talk about was ‘his’ club. Even then, when his wages were being paid by United, that meant…