I asked Ruben Amorim the key question on Manchester United and he could not answer it

One counted at least five adult males clad in Liverpool home shirts at Manchester Airport on Wednesday morning. You will struggle to find many Mancunians with a good word to say about Manchester Airport but it offers more direct routes for Liverpudlians than John Lennon Airport.

It also affords Merseysiders the exposure to rub United fans' noses in it. They have all come out of the woodwork since Sunday. They are more audible in the workplace and that colleague who is purportedly a die-hard follower of a Football League club suddenly turns out to be as Scouse as a mouse.

A grown man donning a contemporary football shirt in a social setting is never a flattering look. United colours were also more visible on this trip than for previous European aways.

One bloke on my flight to Bilbao was clad in a vintage Adidas Originals jacket the club has re-released. A younger chap sported a re-release of the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup white shirt. Another with grey flecks in their hair donned the early Nineties blue V-neck. That has also been hung up on the Megastore racks.

Some of the clothing items feature prominently in a club-approved documentary on United's second European cup win 34 years ago. Amid the nostalgia, archive footage and recollections, it is also a cash grab. Bryan Robson and Denis Irwin return to De Kuip in Rotterdam in club regalia that has been advertised heavily on United’s platforms in recent weeks.

Robson, Irwin and Mark Hughes modelled the retro range with Bruno Fernandes, Manuel Ugarte, Kobbie Mainoo and Leny Yoro. Hughes, scorer of both goals against Barcelona, has been reassigned legendary status after his antagonistic conduct towards his former club in management. The late Mr Spleen in the much-missed