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Antonio Valencia Issues Heartfelt Message After Manchester United Fail to Trigger Extension Clause

Antonio Valencia claims that he's determined to return from injury so that he can have a proper send-off at Manchester United this season.

The club captain learned on Friday that United failed to trigger his one-year extension clause at Old Trafford, meaning that the 33-year-old will walk away for free after spending most of the last 13 years in north-west England.

In a statement which Valencia released on social media, he claimed the could never have imagined he would play for the "best club in the world" and that now he is more determined to return from injury before the end of the season.