The top of the midfielder: Herrera will be from Espanyol

Strengthening the midfield was one of the pretensions of the sports management of Espanyol. The arrival of Manu Morlanes, on loan from Villarreal without a purchase option until June 30, was the first step, but the club was going to be attentive to close another player with a complementary profile. The chosen one will be Yangel Herrera, who belongs to Manchester City and has played the last two years in Granada.

Herrera is more of an interior than a positional midfielder, so he would occupy a position similar to that of Sergi Darder, Morlanes, Fran Mérida or Keidi Bare, a position that would be overcrowded. At this time, and after the talks between both entities to close the transfer, although there would be other clubs that are also immersed in the operation, the player is undergoing a medical review. The exceptions are economic, but Espanyol would already have it downhill.

Herrera has a salary of four million euros and the blue and white club can only reach half of it, although it is looking for solutions in this frenzied last day of the market. Other teams that were in the bidding, such as Granada again, have had to get off it because they could not compete with Espanyol. The player looks favorably on ending up as a parakeet, it was his first option.

Experience in Spain, serious injury in June

The 23-year-old footballer has extensive experience in LaLiga Santander. He first militated with him Huesca that fell in the 2018-19 campaign and later it was one of the mainstays of Granada de Diego Martínez who came to compete in the Europa League. In total, he has accumulated 98 games of experience in the last three seasons.

During the month of June, before the Copa América dispute, the midfielder suffered a serious injury from which he is still recovering. Herrera fractured his right tibia, so he began a recovery that 74 days later has not finished. He still has weeks to get back to the rhythm of his teammates. Espanyol hopes that this section will already make it a blue and white.