Finnan joined Espanyol from Liverpool this summer.
“Herrera and the Spanish players spoke very well of the club,” Finnan told reporters.
“Liverpool is a great club, but the truth is that I was not playing and sooner or later I was going to have to leave, so I came here.
“This is a club that has done some big things in the past five or six years. They are proud that they reached the Uefa Cup final and the Copa del Rey final twice.”
