Manchester United legend hopes Manchester United get Barcelona in Europa League play-off draw
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes is hoping Manchester United get Barcelona in our Europa League play-off tie.
Manchester United’s potential Europa League play-off opponents are: Ajax, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, RB Salzburg, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting CP.
“Who do you want to avoid… I think Barca, I’d love to draw them, I’ve said it a few times, I’d love them to play against Barca, just to get the juices going, gets the atmosphere going at either ground,” Scholes told BT Sport.
“I think they’re capable of beating Barcelona. On the other hand, they’re a really good team, we know that.
“They’re probably the only one who I’d think you would want to avoid, as much as I want to play against them.”
Meanwhile, Owen Hargreaves is hoping Manchester United avoid Barcelona.
“I’m not like Scholesey, I hope they avoid Barca,” Hargreaves said.
“Get Barca in the final, don’t want to play Barca because that could be a really hard game.
“But they’re all really good sides, good footballing sides, with good managers, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar… I’ll be honest, there’s no easy one. Sporting were great in Tottenham’s group.
“No easy ones, they’ve made it a little bit more difficult than it needed to be but in the end I think they’re favourites, regardless of who they play outside of Barcelona.”