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,

Football finance expert, Professor Rob Wilson, takes a look at the effects of progress in the Europa League and lays out the situation for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur ahead of their last-16 ties.

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.

Football finance expert, Professor Rob Wilson, takes a look at the effects of progression in the Europa League and lays out the situation for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur ahead of their last-16 ties.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

At the back, Son chose Manchester United legends Edwin van der Sar and Nemanja Vidic with Alessandro Nesta completing the defence. In midfield, he paired Zinedine Zidane with Ronaldinho and then named another Brazilian icon in Ronaldo Nazario up top.

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