How far can MUFC go?
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00:00 So, Michael, starting with Manchester United and just an open Champions League question,
00:05 what are their aims for the Champions League?
00:08 You know, could they possibly go on to actually win the competition?
00:13 Well, I don't think any side really started competition with the aims of,
00:17 'Oh, let's just get through the group stages or let's just get through the quarterfinals'.
00:20 I think obviously the Champions League is such a long competition that a lot of
00:24 the country has changed over the course of a season. I remember the year that United,
00:30 Jose Mourinho, Saktan Oligun and Solskjaer came in and they were drawn against PSG.
00:35 And when Jose Mourinho was manager, it took about three, four months for that fixture to actually be played.
00:39 And by that time, Solskjaer had come in, United were a completely different side,
00:42 and actually they ultimately beat PSG over those two legs that year.
00:46 So, look, it's a long season. The way United are playing right now,
00:49 it looks like they are a million miles off competing with the best sides in Europe.
00:53 But who knows, if they can get a few players back from injury,
00:57 if they can get a bit of form up and if they can just get back to similar to the way
01:02 they were playing in the autumn and winter of last year,
01:05 I mean, that will certainly be something the ten-hack will be looking to do.
01:08 I think realistically that they don't have the quality to challenge
01:15 for the very best Premier League sides,
01:19 or sorry, the very best Champions League sides. I don't see them going beyond perhaps a quarter-final stage.
01:25 I think when they come up against one of Europe's elite sides over two legs,
01:29 they're going to struggle to beat them.
01:30 But yeah, I fully expect them to get through the group stages.
01:36 Perhaps, I suspect, the last 16 of quarter-finals is as far as United will go this year in the competition.