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The north London team are celebrating their first European trophy for 41 years with an open-top bus parade in the capital.
Next season will look remarkably different from all but one in the previous 34 for United: one without European football.
Manchester United defender Luke Shaw was almost reduced to tears as he pinpointed the exact reason for the team’s collapse in the Europa League final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.Brennan Johnson’s
Brennan Johnson's bundled first-half goal helped Tottenham Hotspur win a scrappy Europa League final 1-0 against Manchester United on Wednesday as they cast aside their domestic woes to end a painful 17-year trophy drought.
Amorim cupped his hand round the back of Casemiro’s neck as the midfielder’s eyes focused down on the turf, a man possibly contemplating how his perfect record in five Champions League finals had become blemished with a loss in the equivalent in Europe’s second-tier competition.
Manchester United won’t end the 2024–25 season with the Europa League trophy in hand, and maybe that outcome is necessary in the bigger picture.
After enduring their worst Premier League season in history — and worst top-flight campaign since 1973-74 — Manchester United suffered one final humiliation before mercifully drawing the curtains on 2024-2025.