History can repeat itself at Manchester United under another Portuguese boss.
In 2017, Jose Mourinho Koos in his debut season that was in charge of United, for prioritizing the Europa League over the Premier League.
Realizing that United was united to finish in the top four and to conquer a place in the Champions League, Mourinho focused all his attention on winning the Europa League to achieve that goal.
Although United finished sixth that season, seven points of the top four, their 2-1 win over Ajax in the Europa League final eventually earned them a place in the Champions League the following season.
It was a cunning step of Mourinho, one that has paid off, and one of his countryman Ruben Amorim can ultimately choose to follow, with the hope of United to secure a European place via the Premier League Fanciful at its best .
United remains entangled in the lower half of the Premier League table, currently in 12th place, 12 points in fourth place, with 15 more games to save what a risky domestic competition campaign has been.
Despite such a miserable competition campaign, in which United has lost 10 of their 23 games, has admitted 32 goals and only scored 28, they remain unbeaten in the Europa League, a competition that represents their best chance of success this season.
Without teams that fall from the Champions League to the Europa League this season, the field in the secondary competition of European football is not as strong as in previous years, with United Joint Favorites to lift the trophy, together with Tottenham.
United is currently fourth in the Europa League table, prior to the last group phase from Thursday to FCSB in Bucharest, on course for a top-eight place to automatically qualify for the knockout phase, without the need for a play-off of Two pipes.
But there are still eight teams they can catch, including FCSB, which are currently taking the eighth place. If United loses from FCSB and other results against them, they can eventually end out of the top eight, although a draw in Bucharest is sufficient for Amorim's side to seal a top-eight place because of their superior target difference.
After opening their Europa League campaign with three draws under former boss Erik ten Hag, who was fired on October 28, United won their next four group phase matches under Amorin, to revive their hope to completely in the competition to go.
Given the caliber of opponents in the Europa League is less than in previous seasons, there is in fact little excuse for Amorin not to take United completely and to lift the trophy in Bilbao on 21 May, even taking into account the whimsical and whimsical Nature of his party.
European football, in particular on the Champions League stage, is of vital importance for United, not only in terms of prestige, but in terms of their financial perilous situation, given the limiting nature of profit and sustainability rules (PSR), those their Has reducing and conducted large parts of cost -saving in the club by Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his executive team, including the loss of 250 jobs and a controversial increase price increase.
Against that background, Amorim is under pressure to give a trophy in its first season, whether it is the Europa League of FA Cup, to assure next season it is the golden ticket of a Champions League place.
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