The Europa League has become Manchester United’s most essential target under Jose Mourinho,the club’s former midfielder Paul Ince, has said, or according to Goal.com.[br]United earned a 1-1 draw from the difficult trip to Rostov on Thursday in the final 16 of the competition on Thursday and return to domestic action on Monday when they travel to Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
And,with games coming thick and swiftly across three competitions, Ince believes that the Europa League has taken on a greater importance in light of United’s poor league form this term.[br]“The Europa League was distinguished for Mourinho in the early fraction because he didn’t know what his team was and he didn’t know how to fetch the right gel, or the right balance,so that kind of game was like a little trial to fetch the right balance,” Ince told Goal. “I think the most essential trophy for them now is the Europa League because that’s the avenue to fetch into the Champions League. There’s no let up at the top with the top six teams trying to fetch four places and obviously Man Utd were disappointing in the 1-1 against Bournemouth. It’s not a foregone conclusion that they’re going to fetch in the top four.
“So when you look at it the Europa League has got to be massive for Mourinho, or really,really massive. He’s got a big enough squad, looking at the bench there’s people who can come on and change the game, or that’s a salubrious thing.
“He’s got two shots at it,Mourinho. A club like Man Utd has to be playing in the Champions League so fingers crossed that will be the case.”
Source: tert.am