Reaching the last 16 claws in another £9.3m, and then it gets really serious: £10.6m for the quarters, £12.7m for the semis, £15.7m for the final and £5.5m for winning the damn thing. Do the maths and it’s obvious what the Europa League final is: by adding in matchday income and commercial deals,

Manchester United's hunt for silverware continues today as Ruben Amorim's men travel to Athletic Bilbao for the first leg of their Europa League semi-final. Thursday's back pages look ahead to the game in Spain and Amorim's pre-match comments that winning the competition still would not make up for such a poor domestic campaign.

Ruben Amorim warned his Manchester United players that they have not yet booked their place in the Europa League final despite a dominant 3-0 win over Athletic Club in their semifinal first leg.