His departure from PSG was only a matter of formalization.
For several days, the future of Parisian midfielder Ander Herrera seemed to turn to his former club Athletic Bilbao.
The surprise, on the other hand, is that of the form of this departure: the 33-year-old Spaniard has not terminated his contract with Paris, but is loaned to Bilbao with an option to buy.
It was PSG itself who announced the news on Saturday evening, wishing Herrera a "great season" in the Athletic jersey.
PSG thus frees itself from a player classified since the beginning of the summer among the transferable, those who are not integrated into the first group trained by Christophe Galtier and his staff like Rafinha, Julian Draxler or Idrissa Gueye.
Arrived at the end of the Manchester United contract in the summer of 2019, Herrera played 95 games with PSG and scored six goals.
He won two league titles and two French Cups.
With this departure to Bilbao, Herrera finds a club where he exploded at the highest level from 2011 to 2014.