Amorim: We need to win the Europa League for the fans

Manchester United have an utterly embarrassing Premier League campaign this season, which started under Erik ten Hag and is finishing with Ruben Amorim. Following Sunday’s 4-3 defeat against Brentford it is now mathematically impossible for United to finish in the top half of the table.

However, we are thriving in the Europa League, unbeaten in the competition this season, and in a good position to progress to the final after beating Club Athletic 3-0 away from home in the first leg of the semi-final.

Speaking to the press after the Brentford game, Amorim spoke of the importance of winning the competition to give something back for the fans, but acknowledged that it will be a tough task for us to compete in the league and the Champions League next season.

I have no doubts that we are playing better and we are understanding the way we play, even in this context. So we have to take all the hits in this moments. We are losing games in the Premier League, but we are fighting for the Europa League so we need to accept that and to think about now Thursday which is the most important game for us.

It’s a real dilemma because I think we, in this moment, are not ready to play in the Premier League competitively and to be in the Champions League. We know that but we need to win and we need to fight to win this competition [the Europa League] to give something to our fans and to go to the Champions League. Then we will have time to prepare the team to cope with those two competitions. So it’s a dilemma but we want to win of course.

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