“I’m going to show you why we won at Old Trafford,” said the Basque of the game in 2012. “Only the players know this. This is the Old Trafford dressing room the night before the match.”
Herrera pressed play. In the clip the entire Athletic team are sitting down looking at the camera. Tracksuited, they look serious. Then, “Sexy And I Know It” by LMFAO starts up. The team maintain their solemn expressions, yet all move in tandem, a sit down dance left and right. It looked brilliant.
“Look at the size of (Fernando) Llorente!” laughed Herrera. “Look at the team spirit. You can’t beat it. It’s an example of how the atmosphere in a team is fundamental to winning things. That wasn’t the idea of anyone. We just did it.”