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I would imagine this will be Manchester United's worst Premier League season.
They could potentially finish in the top 10 if they start to pick up some points, but the teams that will finish from third down to eighth are in better form and have more to fight for.
I do not see United breaking into that and equalling or bettering their lowest finish of eighth.
Ruben Amorim will definitely use the remaining league games to experiment with the players he wants to keep, the players who have the mentality he wants at the club to build and move forward with.
Regarding whether there is anything to play for, there is always huge pressure that comes with wearing the United badge. Even though, from the outside, everything hinges on the Europa League, there is still huge expectation and the players have that whether they are fighting for anything in the league or not.
Amorim will be testing players' mentality and trying to develop them where he can for next season. You can slowly start to see that some are getting the way he wants them to play.
You can see those small changes.
Casemiro - although I do not think he will be there long term - has started pressurising and winning the ball higher up. Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui are joining attacks from either side and the ball is going from wing to wing.
In patches in games, you can see Amorim's style and I am sure he will be trying to build on that for 2025-26.
But results will always matter at United and the pressure is greater than at any other club.
Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Nat Hayward
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