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.

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.

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.

Ange Postecoglou remains the right man to lead Tottenham Hotspur forward despite a frustrating sophomore season at the helm, believes Teddy Sheringham. The Greek-Australian made a strong start to life after he arrived from Celtic last season, but saw injuries sideline their early momentum as they finished in fifth place.

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

Crystal Palace were promoted to replace Bristol City in the top flight, while on a wider note, the league is now under the management and operation of a new organisation set up to lead women's football towards further growth and progression, with Nikki Doucet overseeing both the WSL and Championship in a new phase for the game.

Mathys Tel started in attack for Tottenham Hotspur against Ipswich Town, but what sort of player is the young Frenchman?