Ruben Amorim has made it a priority, resting players for Premier League fixtures, and United should reach the final having beaten Athletic Club 3-0 in the first leg of the last four clash last week. The Reds will hope to complete the job on Thursday at Old Trafford and set up a final with Bodo/Glimt or, more likely, Tottenham.

Ruben Amorim does not believe winning the Europa League will solve Manchester United’s problems despite victory offering a back-door route into next season’s Champions League.

Ruben Amorim admitted he was ‘really concerned’ about the injury Matthijs de Ligt sustained in Manchester United ’s 4-3 defeat to Brentford. United’s dismal Premier League form continued on Sunday as a much-changed Red Devils team were beaten in a seven-goal thriller at the Gtech Community Stadium.