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Topics: Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Europa League, Football
Marcus Chan
Topics: Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Europa League, Football
Manchester United are reportedly set to lose a huge advantage over Tottenham Hotspur ahead of the Europa League final.
On Thursday night, the lineup for this season's Europa League final will be decided.
Currently, both United and Spurs are the heavy favourites to advance to the showpiece final, which will take place at the San Mames in Bilbao, Spain.
The Red Devils are nursing a 3-0 lead over Athletic Bilbao ahead of their second leg clash at Old Trafford.
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Meanwhile, Spurs will head to Norway to take on Bodo/Glimt with a 3-1 lead.
Last week, it was claimed that United are set to gain a huge advantage before the potential final against Spurs due to the Premier League calendar.
Ruben Amorim's men are set to take on Chelsea on May 16, with Spurs originally scheduled to face Aston Villa on May 18.
However, as reported by The Telegraph's Matt Law, Villa vs Spurs is set to be moved to the same night as Chelsea vs United.
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As a result, United's advantage of having more preparation time for the Europa League final is set to be wiped out.
Law wrote on social media: "Aston Villa v Spurs to be moved to Friday May 16, 7.30pm kick off.
"That means Spurs and Man Utd will have same preparation time for a Europa League final should they both get there. PL announcement expected today."
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Speaking ahead of United's second leg against Bilbao, manager Amorim said: "We are losing games in the Premier League, but we are fighting for the Europa League so we need to accept that and to think about now Thursday which is the most important game for us.
"We know that we need to win and we need to fight to win this competition [the Europa League] to give something to our fans and to go to the Champions League."