Man utd and tottenham fans enjoy boozy scenes in bilbao in europa league party

Thousands of English football fans have descended on Bilbao ahead of the Europa League final. Manchester United and Tottenham meet at the San Mames on Wednesday night with the opportunity to

make their Premier League nightmares a distant reality – for the other, a wretched season will be compounded. With a major trophy and a place in the Champions League up for grabs, the

importance to both sets of supporters to bury an awful campaign is all too good to avoid, as fans have flown, driven, railed, and sailed their way to northern Spain. Stories of supporters’

inventive ways of reaching Bilbao, to avoid the staggering cost of flying directly into the Basque city have emerged. After both teams secured their final spots, direct flights from airports

shot to north of £1800. But believing fans, who booked their flights and hotels early. To those who have found ingenious cost-cutting manoeuvres that Sir Jim Ratcliffe would be proud of,

all partied away in the city centre before the pre-match nerves inevitably kick in this morning. Supporters have been making the most of their Bilbao venture, as they began boozing early in

the city’s hotspots, and lapping up the occasion as they added to the buzz around the all-English final. Meanwhile, the managers’ headaches have already begun. Ruben Amorim is still waiting

to learn how fit Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro and Diogo Dalot really are, as they all made a welcome early return to training ahead of the final. Ange Postecoglou has been unable to call upon

Lucas Bergvall, after the midfielder missed out on an early return. He remains absent alongside Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison.