Man United & Spurs book this season's unlikeliest final

The Athletic FC Podcast

The Athletic

Football, Soccer,, Sports, Soccer

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On Thursday night both Manchester United and Spurs got the job done in the Europa League to book their place in Bilbao.

One of them will be the Champions League next season - but who will be joining them via the Premier League?

This weekend's standout fixture comes at St. James' Park as Newcastle United welcome Chelsea in a meeting of 4th v 5th.

Host: Adam Leventhal

With: Tim Spiers and Oliver Kay

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

Producers: Guy Clarke and John Rogers

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0:30.3	The Athletic FC Podcast Network.
0:37.3	Hi there. I'm Adam Leventhal.
0:39.1	Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast on Thursday, both Manchester United and Spurs got the job done in Europe.
0:46.9	Manchester United and Ruben Armouram.
0:49.4	They're heading to Bill Bowdo.
0:51.2	For the Europa League final.
0:53.2	And Spurs will dock in the Spanish port of Bill Bauer to contest the Europa League final.
0:59.2	One of them will be in the Champions League next season.
1:02.6	And coming up, we'll be discussing who could be joining them via the Premier League.
1:10.3	Well, we'll look at the fight to get into Europe via the league a little bit later on.
1:15.4	But first, with my two guests, Tim Spears and Olly Kay, let's react to Thursday night's
1:21.3	Europa League action, starting at Old Trafford, where Ruben Amarim's side won four-one against
1:26.6	Athletic Club to book their place in Bill Bowes,
1:28.8	so 7-1 on aggregate in the end. And over on Talk of the Devils, there was one man who was
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