Manchester United has only a chance for a trophy this season, but Gary Neville and Roy Keane were diametrically compared to whether the victory in the Europa League would turn this disappointing campaign into a success.
Currently 13th in the Premier League and from both the FA and the Carabao Cups, Man United has a season so far and now only really fighting on one front – the Europa League.
Ruben Amorim and Co have signed Lyon in a far from uncomplicated draw, the first stage of which starts in the French city on Thursday evening.
While the competition on the surface is a good chance of winning a little silverware and stimulating the moral at the club, there is also the demonstrably important bean of Champions League qualification.
The Red Devils have almost no chance to play the next term in Europe without winning the Europa League, which means a huge blow to the financial data, and therefore less likely to acquire the caliber of the player who can help them return soon.
For Neville, speaking on the stick to the football podcast, which you are offered by Sky Bet, the recognition that is earned by lifting a trophy would be sufficient to attribute some success to this so far an overwhelming season in Old Trafford.
'The reason I would say that it will be successful is because United could not win the competition this season, we knew that immediately from the start, so that they could only win three trophies – the FA Cup, League Cup and the Europa League.
'If they won one of them, I would say that it is successful. There is a big but – they have fired a manager and are 13th in the competition and that is bad. '
Keane, however, was not influenced by the allure of silverware and claimed that it would not remove the Smet of disappointment.
'Not that trophy, no. Not for Manchester United, perhaps for other teams who won that trophy, “the former captain, who spoke to the football podcast on the stick, claimed you offered by Sky Bet.
“There is a plus because it will bring them to the Champions League, but the trophy and that competition should not be enough for United, absolutely not.”
United struggled for consistency during the campaign, initially under Erik ten Hag and most recently Amorim.
They did not succeed in winning one of their first three games in the Europa League, which promised a far of routine route through the competition, before a turn in form safely led them to the last-16 without the play-offs.
Although the domestic campaign has been up and down everywhere, United still has to lose in Europe, winning six of their competitions and signs four.
However, as Neville notes, the competition campaign is impossible to ignore the club.
Although they have defeated Male City, and also protected draws with the citizens, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal, it would be in the lower half of the table, even before the campaign even came their thoughts.
Some natural teething issues are expected after the arrival of a new head coach who plays the game a very different way than its predecessor.
But approaching one of their most important transfer pendants apparently in recent times without playing an exciting brand of football that might attract the attention of some of the best talents of the game will probably have a knock-on effect.
After Thursday's game against Lyon, they are also confronted with the hard task of hiring Newcastle before welcoming the French side at home in Old Trafford.
They will then be confronted with Wolves, Bournemouth and Brentford – three potentially essential games in their attempt to secure an unlikely top seven.