Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim says Europa League final spots still up for grabs

Ruben Amorim says there is still time for players to secure their place in his Europa League final line-up as Manchester United look to head to Bilbao buoyed by a morale-boosting win at Chelsea.

Next Wednesday’s San Mames showpiece against fellow Premier League strugglers Tottenham is crucial for the misfiring Red Devils as it offers silverware and Champions League football at the end of a wretched campaign.

This is comfortably United’s worst season of the Premier League era, with the 16th-placed side heading to Chelsea on Friday looking for some much-needed positivity having lost 2-0 at home to West Ham last time out.

“The best way is to face the game like we should face the game – it is to win the game,” head coach Amorim said of the Stamford Bridge clash.

“We need to perform, we need to win points in the Premier League and that is the feeling. We talked about that after West Ham.

“We have time to recover (after Chelsea). The best thing to prepare for the final is to play the game and then the players have to understand that if you play or don’t play against Chelsea, it means nothing to the final. That is important.

“I am just preparing the game of Chelsea. That is my focus and we want to win and to perform.”

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Amorim will not take any unnecessary risks with the players on Friday but suggested he could choose a stronger side than he has around other key Europa League fixtures.

Asked how close Friday’s team will be to the side that faces Spurs, he said: “I don’t know. I know already the starting 11 that I am thinking for Chelsea. Then I will see.

“Even the way we play there against Chelsea, I will see it and it is going