“I think England would be the perfect country for him, also, the perfect football because he doesn’t like players to complain. He doesn’t like the players to cheat. He just wants to attack. He wants to take football in a good mood; to have fun with the fans. I think football needs Bielsa to return as quickly as possible.”

It is interesting that phrase “fun with the fans”. Herrera is in tune with that, expressing delight that away tickets have been capped at £30 in the top flight from next season. “I consider myself a fan - if I was not a football player I would be a Real Zaragoza-crazy supporter and I would be travelling with my team everywhere. I love to watch Mahrez, I love to watch Kante, the energy of Kante, the way of Kante. I love to watch Anthony Martial and the way he goes one-on-one; the freshness of [Marcus] Rashford; the imagination of Juan [Mata]. I am not only a player. I enjoy what I like to see.”

Herrera is not alone in this and dismisses the suggestion that there is a growing disconnect between players and supporters. “Sometimes it looks like we are far (away) but we are not,” he says. “The majority of the players think like me – that the fans are important and we have to be close to them. Sometimes I think people should not pre-judge because you don’t know.”