Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London,

Manchester United took the lead through Joshua Zirkzee but were held to a 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday as Tottenham Hotspur suffered a 1-0 defeat at AZ Alkmaar.

Professor Rob Wilson, a football finance expert, speaks to the BBC's latest episode of The Football News Show about the importance of progression to the latter stages of this season's Europa League for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

According to the Guardian, West Ham are interested in signing Angel Gomes from LOSC Lille this summer. The 24-year-old midfielder was previously linked with Tottenham Hotspur, with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United believed to be monitoring his situation as well.

Tottenham Hotspur are keen on signing Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth at the end of the season. The 25-year-old has done quite well for the Cherries this season and his performances have attracted the attention of Arsenal and Manchester United as well.

It's been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad season for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. The two English giants' best path toward some redemption begins Thursday in the Europa League round of 16 knockout stage.

Just when Manchester United's season could not get any worse, the Red Devils found themselves in the middle of an injury crisis. Only 18 players made the trip to Spain to face Real Sociedad in the Europa League and now, Ruben Amorim's depleted squad must take on Arsenal just three days later.

Paris Saint-Germain are increasingly looking to Ligue 1 for talent, having added players like Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembele over the past two summers.Could this trend continue with a third

Manchester United says it expects to make up to a further 200 jobs redundant as part of cost-cutting measures after five straight years of losses.

When Tottenham Hotspur were working through their forward targets for the winter transfer window, the message on Marcus Rashford was understood to be that he was prioritising a move abroad.

Manchester United settled for a 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16.