Man Utd 'nowhere near good enough' but have Bilbao belief

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire says Ruben Amorim's squad tin extremity a play of self-inflicted suffering pinch nan Europa League trophy - but only if they "give perfectly everything" successful Wednesday's final.

The Red Devils return connected chap Premier League stragglers Tottenham successful Bilbao, pinch a Champions League spot for adjacent play nan lucrative prize that goes to nan winners.

For some clubs, it is an bonzer opportunity to make amends for hopeless home campaigns that person near United successful 16th and Spurs successful 17th.

With nan extremity of nan play successful sight, Maguire says a sixth awesome European trophy will only travel their measurement if United play to their potential, which has surely not ever been nan lawsuit this season.

In that regard, he accepts United person fto down supporters "far excessively much", pinch their convention run "nowhere adjacent bully enough".

Standing successful their measurement are a Spurs broadside whose ain failings person been glaringly evident too.

"They've suffered arsenic good arsenic america this season," said Maguire.

"They've had a batch of injuries for illustration us, person not been capable to find that hit and concentrated connected nan Europa League arsenic well.

"But we judge successful ourselves. We person sewage to make judge we put nan percentages successful our favour successful position of turning up, giving perfectly everything and performing connected nan day."

Maguire has been 1 of United's astir accordant performers this season, peculiarly successful Europe.

He scored nan winning extremity during a superb comeback against Lyon successful nan quarter-finals, earlier helping to group up Casemiro's opener successful Bilbao during nan semi-final first leg.

Should he commencement nan final, nan England centre-back will beryllium looking to dress up for mislaid time, having sat retired nan 2021 Europa League last defeat to Villarreal done injury.

"Missing that crippled was nan large 1 for me," Maguire said. "That wounded a lot.

"I was skipper of nan nine astatine nan clip and a large portion of that team. Maybe nan consequence would person been different if I'd been fit. That's what I felt.

"We had a bully protect grounds but I had a nasty ankle injury. There was talk astatine nan clip of maine making it, but I was obscurity near. I was still struggling to jog, fto unsocial play successful a final."

Clearly, moving retired really to get to Bilbao and knowing wherever they will enactment is not an rumor to problem United's players.

For galore thousands of supporters, a awesome situation has been successful uncovering viable and affordable ways of making nan travel of conscionable complete 1,000 miles by road, pinch immoderate opting alternatively for a 32-hour ferry crossing from Portsmouth.

It is different illustration of nan backing United person provided crossed a tortuous campaign.

Supporters person powerfully protested against nan ownership but, different than sporadic booing aft peculiarly mediocre results, person remained down caput coach Amorim and his team.

Maguire says he and nan players are thankful and recognise they person fto down supporters who expect occurrence connected each fronts.

"The fans person been perfectly unthinkable this season," said Maguire. "We've disappointed them acold excessively much.

"We've fixed them immoderate bully times successful nan Europa League and immoderate awesome memories successful position of winning nan derby astatine nan Etihad, but wide it's moreover amazed me. They are awesome fans and this twelvemonth they've proved that."

The Europa League last pinch Tottenham will beryllium followed by nan last Premier League crippled of nan run against Champions League-chasing Aston Villa, pinch United obscurity adjacent that title this season.

But location will beryllium nary contiguous remainder for United's players, who person much activity up of them.

As soon arsenic nan Villa crippled is over, they will beryllium heading to Malaysia and past flying connected to Hong Kong for 2 matches against section guidance adjacent week.

The travel is apt to make astir £7.8m.

After a home run that will almost surely consequence successful nan club's worst decorativeness since their 1973-74 relegation season, and knowing Premier League prize money unsocial is worthy £3m a place, Maguire accepts nan United squad cannot complain.

"It is nan club's determination and we don't person immoderate correct to reason against it aft nan performances we person put on," he said.

"As players, we person to return work for nan position successful nan Premier League and nan money we person generated this play done that finish, which is obscurity adjacent bully enough.

"It shouldn't beryllium for illustration that. Two months ago, we should person been successful a amended position, fighting for a Europa League position aliases nan Champions League positions.

"We don't person a correct to guidelines present and criticise nan nine for trying to make immoderate money that will hopefully thief america adjacent play pinch signings."