United achieved a remarkable comeback to reach the Semis when they scored two goals in the last minute of the extension to beat Lyon 5: 4 in the second stage of her last draw to win 7: 6 on aggregate.

Their form in Europe is in strong contrast to their Premier League fights and Amorim, replaced by Erik Ten HAG in November last year, “many things we have to change” knows even if they raise the trophy.

“The Europa League will not change anything in our problems – it will help us to have the Champions League next year, to have more money to spend, but the problems are still there,” added the United Boss.

“We have to change the thoughts of our fans with consistency, good decisions, good recruitment, a good academy. We have to change that to bring this club back to the top.

“This is more of an abbreviation to go to European games. Nothing more.”

The striker of United Amad Diallo and the central defender Matthijs de Ligt are not ready to start after the return of injuries to the Athletic Club, while the Spanish team will be Oihan Sancet without top goal scorer.

The 22-year-old Diallo has been out with an ankle injury since February, while Dutchman de Ligt missed a month with a similar problem.

Tottenham is in the other semi -finals of Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt. The final took place in Bilbao on May 21.

And with Spurs 16. And two points behind United in the Premier League, Amorim also dealt with accusations of fairness, which is connected with the fact that teams were able to secure a place in the Champions League, even though they had such bad domestic campaigns.

The Athletic Club is fourth in La Liga, while Bodo/Glimt is third in the Norwegian top flight.

“They are the rules,” said Amorim. “Maybe you could say that it is not fair because the best teams in the Champions League should be.

“But I suspect it is done to give this competition added value. If we have this option, we should try to reach it.”