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RUBEN AMORIM HAS ADMITTED HE KNOWS MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE MORE THAN JUST THE EUROPA LEAGUE TROPHY ON THE LINE WHEN THEY FACE TOTTENHAM IN THE FINAL IN BILBAO TONIGHT 12:34, 21 May

2025Updated 12:34, 21 May 2025 Ruben Amorim knows Manchester United are playing for much more than Europa League glory when they face Tottenham tonight. United have suffered a season of

shame and embarrassment on and off the pitch, losing 18 games in the Premier League to find themselves languishing in 16th place in the table. To make matters worse, co-owner Sir Jim

Ratcliffe has overseen some ruthless cost-cutting measures. Up to 250 more jobs are set to go, on top of the 200 redundancies in 2024, as part of the drive to make United sustainable.

Failure to beat Spurs and secure Champions League football for next season would see United miss out on around £100m in revenue, and could also lead to further job losses as a result.

Against that backdrop, United boss Amorim knows there is more at stake for him and his players in Bilbao. He realises the team will be playing for the futures and livelihoods of staff at the

club, as well as personal glory. He said: "I'm always playing for more than myself. I'm coaching for my players, for my staff, and especially for our fans. We are doing

things [at United] that we need to do. Article continues below "For example, I came from the club that, in order to survive and to maintain players, you need to be in the Champions

League. This is not the case. "Our club can have revenues without the Champions League. It's a big club, it's a massive club, with a lot of fans around the world. It's a

big brand, so we just need to be focused and do things in the right way. We need to be excited and confident (for the final), but we already know the problems. "There's a lot of

things that we need to change in our club. The way we do everything during the week in Carrington, the recruitment, the academy, I think we need to improve. So it's hard to point at one

thing and say that it will be solved by winning a cup. DON'T MISS A THING WITH FOOTBALL UPDATES! Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news? Well then sign up for the

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email, Off the Ball, for all the latest darts, boxing, snooker, F1 stories and more, right here "I will say it again - for me we have bigger things to deal with than that, to put this

club back at the top. "The final is important for us, for our fans, because that feeling of winning can help us to have the strength to do every job that we have to do. Article

continues below "So we have a lot to do in our club, not just winning here. But winning will be massive for us and our fans."