'Man Utd know how to win trophies. Tottenham don't'

Manchester United and Tottenham will meet successful an all-English Europa League last connected 21 May.

Ruben Amorim's United saw disconnected Spanish broadside Athletic Bilbao 7-1 connected aggregate successful their semi-final to progress, while Spurs sewage nan amended of Norwegians Bodo/Glimt 5-1 connected aggregate.

United are looking to triumph nan Europa League for nan 2nd clip successful 8 years, while Tottenham are bidding to extremity a 41-year hold for European success.

It is nan sixth all-English last successful immoderate awesome European title - pinch half of them involving Spurs.

It besides intends location are six English teams successful adjacent season's Champions League.

Tottenham are looking to triumph a first trophy of immoderate benignant successful 17 years and they will fancy themselves arsenic favourites for nan crippled successful Bilbao, having beaten United 3 times already this season.

Spurs won 3-0 astatine Old Trafford and 1-0 astatine location successful nan Premier League and besides triumphed 4-3 successful nan League Cup.

"If you deliberation successful nan likelihood it's difficult for nan nine to suffer 4 times successful a row," United leader Ruben Amorim said. "We tin deliberation that way."

Former Tottenham midfielder Glenn Hoddle agreed that it would beryllium difficult for Spurs to triumph again.

"To hit a squad 4 times besides from nan Premier League successful 1 play is really tough," Hoddle said connected TNT Sports.

He added: "It will beryllium a titanic battle. Spurs person had nan precocious manus astatine nan infinitesimal but United will beryllium looking for revenge."

United past won nan Europa League successful 2016-17, erstwhile Jose Mourinho was manager.

Despite nan club's mediocre play domestically, ex-Red Devils midfielder Paul Scholes is assured his erstwhile broadside will emergence to nan juncture successful nan final.

He said: "For immoderate reason, nan history of this nine is almost for illustration Real Madrid astatine times - erstwhile they aren't playing that good they tin still spell connected and triumph European cups.

"Manchester United's history tells maine they will triumph it, they cognize really to triumph trophies, Tottenham don't."

Manchester United and Tottenham person struggled domestically this play arsenic they beryllium 15th and 16th respectively successful nan Premier League.

However, a European trophy will guarantee nan run will yet beryllium viewed arsenic a successful one.

"It's going to upset a batch of group isn't it?" said Tottenham leader Ange Postecoglou.

"Neither america will get a trophy if we win, we're conscionable going to return a squad picture.

"Who cares if we're struggling successful nan league?

"This nine and others person vanished first, 2nd and 3rd successful nan Premier League and haven't made finals. I couldn't attraction little who is struggling and who's not.

"Both america and Manchester United person earned nan correct to beryllium there. I'm looking guardant to it and it should beryllium a awesome game."

Spurs' awesome grounds complete United extends further backmost than conscionable this season.

They person won 4 of nan past six meetings successful each competitions, pinch United past beating them 2-0 successful nan Premier League successful October 2022.

But information analysts Opta person made United flimsy favourites to triumph successful nan final.

Their supercomputer gives nan Red Devils a 50.7% chance of lifting nan Europa League trophy, pinch Tottenham astatine 49.3%.

"I deliberation nan last is poised to beryllium perfectly brilliant," erstwhile Manchester City midfielder Izzy Christiansen said connected TNT Sports.

"Both teams person a constituent to beryllium and person galore parallels successful nan Premier League this play and I can't wait."

The winners of nan Europa League spell into nan pursuing season's Champions League, sloppy of wherever they decorativeness domestically.

So a United v Spurs last guarantees 1 of them a return to nan mega-riches of European football's apical table.

That norm is useful for United and Spurs, who are some much than 20 points down 5th place.

Without winning nan Europa League, neither of them will beryllium successful immoderate European title adjacent season.

It would not person immoderate knock-on effect connected immoderate different English teams - pinch nan apical 5 guaranteed a Champions League spot done nan league.

That 5th spot came arsenic a consequence of English clubs' performances successful Europe this season.

United and Tottenham's unusually mediocre home seasons mean that if some teams scope nan Europa League last adjacent week and enactment successful their existent Premier League positions, nan victor would beryllium nan lowest-ranked home broadside to triumph nan title successful nan past 15 years.

Opta information shows that since nan Europa League was rebranded successful 2009-10, nary squad finishing little than 12th successful their home convention has competed successful nan last aliases won it.

Sevilla (12th) won nan tourney successful 2023, while Fulham (12th) mislaid nan last successful 2010.

And this is besides nan first play pinch caller convention shape formats successful Europe - antecedently teams who vanished 3rd successful their Champions League groups would driblet into nan Europa League, successful mentation making nan title harder to win.

When West Ham won nan Conference League successful 2023, they vanished 14th successful nan Premier League that aforesaid season.

In erstwhile years, teams who were eliminated from nan first shape of nan Champions League dropped into nan Europa League.

But that changed from this play aft Uefa nine competitions underwent their biggest changes for much than a decade.

That apt boosted United and Tottenham's chances of reaching nan last because successful nan past 15 seasons 10 finalists were sides who dropped from nan Champions League.

In summation a 3rd of nan past 15 winners of nan Europa League were teams who started that play successful nan Champions League.

The first Uefa Cup successful 1971-72 was betwixt Tottenham and Wolves successful a two-legged final.

Spurs won nan first limb 2-1 astatine Molineux, pinch Martin Chivers scoring twice, and drew 1-1 astatine White Hart Lane 2 weeks later.

It would return 36 years for nan adjacent all-English final, which was successful nan 2007-08 Champions League arsenic Manchester United hit Chelsea connected penalties successful Moscow.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Frank Lampard traded goals earlier a shootout that is champion remembered for John Terry's miss aft slipping.

There were 2 all-English finals successful 2018-19.

Liverpool hit Tottenham 2-0 successful nan Champions League successful Madrid, pinch goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi.

And Chelsea saw disconnected Arsenal 4-1 successful Baku successful nan Europa League, pinch Eden Hazard netting doubly successful his last crippled for nan club.

Two years later Chelsea hit Manchester City 1-0 successful nan Champions League, pinch Kai Havertz scoring nan only extremity successful Porto.