However, there is no chance that a Manchester United-Tottenham final could be moved to an English venue, with Bilbao’s San Mames stadium awarded the rights to host the Europa League final way back in 2021, the same year that Uefa decided the Basque city would host the 2024 Women’s Champions League final.

Big wins for Man United and Tottenham in the Europa League semifinals kept alive their hopes of lifting a major trophy and qualifying for the Champions League.

Both United and Spurs have endured miserable domestic campaigns and are languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League. But European club football’s second-tier Europa League could yet see one of them salvage their season.