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United look to salvage dismal season with Europa glory as Lyon loom large
Gulf Today
|April 10, 2025
Manchester United's lone hope of salvaging anything from a terrible season lies in the Europa League, where success is vital to helping finance a rebuild of Ruben Amorim's underperforming squad.
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United travel to Lyon for the first leg of their quarter-final on Thursday, the first meeting of the clubs since Cristiano Ronaldo's goal settled a last-16 tie in 2008 en route to the English giants' last Champions League title.
Adour O-O draw with Manchester City at the weekend left United in 13th place in the Premier League, prompting Amorim to say his side must improve "everywhere" with the team destined for their worst top-flight finish in at least 35 years.
The Europa League offers United their only route back into Europe next season, but falling short of anything but the trophy in Bilbao next month would have severe financial repercussions.
"It's not the most important thing for Manchester United because we have a lot of things to do, but you can see it, in this season, the Europa League is really important," said Amorim.
"We can reach the Champions League next season, we can win something, so we are going to do everything to try to go to the next stage."
This story is from the April 10, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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