<\/amp-ima-video><\/p>\nSpurs suffer 21st league loss | 02:30<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\u201cFor me personally, great, it\u2019s another trophy I can reminisce about in my old age,\u201d the Spurs boss said. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut more importantly for the club, I\u2019ve always said that it\u2019s the significance of what it does to people that really impacts you.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the success I\u2019ve had has been really significant stuff. Yokohama hadn\u2019t won the championship for 14 years, Australia had never won a continental championship, and Brisbane hadn\u2019t won one.<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Melbourne, my first job, hadn\u2019t won in seven years and Celtic was one year, but that\u2019s a long time in Scotland. They had to wrestle back the dominance they\u2019ve had for so long.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you look at the historical backdrop of this club for the past 20-odd years, it feels like a turning point for how people perceive this club and how this club perceives itself, which I think is the biggest thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil you do it, irrespective of what else you accomplish, people are going to say you haven\u2019t won anything. In our game, and in life in general, that\u2019s the things that matter most when people asses where you are at.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/amp-ima-video><\/p>\nAnge delivers rousing locker room speech | 02:15<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nDespite United\u2019s gradual decline since legendary former manager Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, they did win the FA Cup and League Cup in the past two seasons under Amorim\u2019s predecessor Erik ten Hag.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese has endured a torrid time since taking charge in November, winning just six of his 26 Premier League games.<\/p>\n
But the Europa League has been a different story as United thrashed Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao, either side of a famous fightback from 6-4 down to beat Lyon 7-6 on aggregate in the quarter-finals that sparked memories of the club\u2019s dramatic Champions League final victory in 1999.<\/p>\n
Amorim, though, is aware of the scale of the task he faces to turn around the 20-time English champions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not concerned about the final, it\u2019s by far the smallest problem in our club,\u201d said the former Sporting Lisbon boss.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to change something that is deeper than this.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/amp-ima-video><\/p>\n‘Another day to forget’ for Ange | 02:20<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nTottenham were once seen as not much trouble for an all-conquering United. Former United great Roy Keane revealed once Ferguson\u2019s team talk was limited to a dismissive \u201clads, it\u2019s Spurs\u201d.<\/p>\n
This season the London side have won all three meetings, twice in the Premier League as well as in the League Cup, with Postecoglou unbeaten in five matches at the helm against United.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you think about the odds it\u2019s hard for the club to lose four times in a row,\u201d said Amorim.<\/p>\n
With players like Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro, United have both experience and quality at their disposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey know how to win trophies, Tottenham don\u2019t,\u201d said former United midfielder Paul Scholes, who played alongside Keane.<\/p>\n
Despite the team\u2019s diabolical domestic form the Portuguese coach is expected to stay, bolstered by the thrilling unbeaten surge to the Europa League final.<\/p>\n
The same cannot be said for Postecoglou. The Australian is almost certain to depart if he fails to deliver on his promise to win a trophy in his second season in charge.<\/p>\n
Spurs\u2019 bad luck with injuries this season continues with midfielders James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall and Dejan Kulusevski all missing for the final, but captain Son Heung-min is back fit.<\/p>\n
They survived an Arctic trip in the semi-finals at Bodo\/Glimt, but Postecoglou may still be frozen out even if his team triumphs.<\/p>\n
\u201c(If we win) it\u2019s going to upset a lot of people isn\u2019t it?\u201d said the Australian. \u201cWho cares if we\u2019re struggling in the league … I\u2019m looking forward to it and it should be a great game.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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