Our expectations from Barcelona this season were a bit high. Because the coach of Barcelona is Xavi now. Moreover, Barcelona now has a lot of talented and star players. And so despite being knocked out of the Champions League in the first round, we expected Barcelona to do well in the Europa League. But Xavi has probably given his full attention to La Liga. So we don't get good performance from Barcelona in Europa League.
For Barcelona it is no longer interesting to discuss because it has been eliminated, but I see that the young squad that Barcelona has has good potential in the next 3 or 4 years, both in La Liga and the Champions League. This season Barcelona is not too bad, because they have tough competition in La Liga, but in the Champions League and Europa League I don't think they can compete and I have to admit that Manchester United's performance is much more promising than Barcelona's.
Manchester United is a very stable team now. Despite a somewhat erratic performance in the Premier League, they are playing very well in the Europa League. Perhaps winning the Europa League is their main goal this season.
If you are a fan of the English league, then I'm sure you have got an overview of Manchester United this season in the Premier League, even though at the start of the season they were shocked by defeat in their first two matches.
Since Erik Ten Hak was appointed as the main coach, Manchester United's appearance has grown and he has even succeeded in keeping the players from the previous season from developing more aggressively, one of which was Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and many other players. I think Manchester United has a chance to advance to the Europa League final this season, but as for the champion I don't dare to analyze too far and I think winning the Europa League is the target of Erik Ten Hak, club management and players