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It has been one other disastrous Premier League season for Manchester United with the Pink Devils at the moment languishing in twelfth place.
Final season they completed eighth within the league, which was their lowest-ever within the Premier League period, and the crew look on track to interrupt that report this season.
A return to the Champions League is unlikely and even European soccer seems a distant dream at this stage. At the least, the 20-time English league champions certified for the Europa League attributable to their FA Cup triumph final time period.
United stay alive within the competitors, having crushed Arsenal within the FA Cup third spherical to set-up a fourth round clash with Leicester City however goalkeeper Andre Onana is dreaming even greater this marketing campaign.
Onana needs to win the Europa League
The Cameroonian revealed to the club’s media team that the complete crew is focussed on taking part in within the Champions League subsequent season and they’re eyeing the Europa League trophy to get there.
In truth, because the United No 1 defined, the crew know the place the ultimate will probably be held and they’re determined to win it this yr.
“For me, we now have to win the Europa League. For the blokes, all of them comprehend it’s an enormous alternative for us to go straight into the Champions League, so we are going to give every little thing to win the Europa League.
“If we fail, it’s not good as a result of it’s one thing we positively must win and we are going to give every little thing to win. It is not going to be straightforward as a result of some opponents are superb, and that’s why we’ve drawn some video games towards superb opponents prior to now.
“However the mentality and the usual is at all times excessive. So any competitors we are going to step in to play, we now have to win, and the Europa League is one in every of them, so we’ll go there with the profitable mentality, to play the final recreation in Bilbao.
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“We already know the place the ultimate is, so we now have to be prepared to present every little thing and attempt to win the Europa League as a result of it’s crucial for us, not solely the Europa League [but also] within the FA Cup and within the Premier League we now have to attempt to end as excessive as we will.”
United are in fourth on 15 factors with one match to go and eight groups can catch them ought to they slip up towards their Matchday 8 opponents FCSB.
Attributable to their superior aim distinction, a draw can be sufficient for Amorim’s facet to qualify straight by way of to the knockouts by way of a top-eight end whereas a win will assure their place within the knockouts and so they may end as excessive as second if different outcomes go their method.
It have to be remembered that United have already certified for the knockout levels however they are going to be required to win a play-off to make the Spherical of 16.
United’s recreation towards FCSB will probably be performed on Thursday at Outdated Trafford with United among the many few groups who’re unbeaten within the competitors.
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