Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has said that they can afford to miss out on Champions League football for the next four years and still compete with the best.
United are currently outside the top four places in the Premier League and are looking to qualify for the Champions League by winning the Europa League.
However, Mourinho insists it would not be a big deal, if they fail to make it.
“We need and we don’t need,” Mourinho told a news conference on Wednesday.
“We don’t need because Manchester United’s history is so big and Manchester United is so much bigger than many other clubs that are playing Champions League that if Manchester United do not play Champions League for four years that doesn’t affect the prestige, the dimension and history of the club.
“So Manchester United doesn’t need to play Champions League. But Manchester United wants to play, Manchester United feels that it’s the competition adapted to the history and ambitions of everyone at the club, so we want to play.
“We have to fight with everything we have to play Champions League next season. How can we do that? Win the Europa League or finish top four. So we have to fight to open doors. If one day a door closes then we have another door open. My feeling is that we will fight with everything we have in both competitions.”
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