Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers have all qualified for the Last 16 of the new-look Europa League after winning their final league matches on Thursday night
Spurs must rely on inexperienced teenagers Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Mikey Moore and – in the likely absence of injured Richarlison and Dominic Solanke – Will Lankshear against Elfsborg and although each of them appear to have the brightest of futures, the weight of responsibility under such intense scrutiny is a huge burden to bear.
Marcus Rashford has his heart set on a loan move to Barcelona before Monday’s transfer deadline but a deal will go through only if the Catalan club can offload up to two players.
Manchester United and Tottenham can now cast their minds forward to the Europa League last-16 after breezing through to the knockout rounds on Thursday evening.
It has not been easy for Ruben Amorim since he joined Manchester United from Sporting CP, but the Portuguese can guide his new club through to the Europa League round of 16 with a win in Romania tonight.
All the pre-match chat had surrounded the futures of Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran, but it was Morgan Rogers – an £8million signing from Middlesbrough this time last year – who stole the show and fired Aston Villa into the last 16 of the Champions League.
Manchester United and Tottenham put their inconsistent domestic campaigns aside and advanced to the Europa League round of 16 on Thursday. Diogo Dalot tapped in a precise cross by Kobbie Mainoo on the hour mark and Mainoo netted eight minutes later for a 2-0 victory over Romanian champion FCSB in Bucharest.
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Twice Europa League winners Porto will face two-times finalists AS Roma in a knockout phase playoff tie, while Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce have been drawn to take on Anderlecht.
Manchester United locked down a place in the Europa League round of 16 with a landslide 2-0 victory at Romanian outfit FCSB last night. Although the Red Devils’ embarrassing Premier League campaign teeters on the edge of disaster,