Europa League is harder than Champions League — Man Utd boss Amorim

Manchester United are in the middle of a grueling schedule, and their next task is the visit of Arsenal to Old Trafford this weekend.

United manager Ruben Amorim is already without long-term absentees Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, and Mason Mount, and the injury list keeps getting longer.

Ahead of the crunch tie on Sunday, Amorim spoke about the difficulty of playing in the Europa League, and competing in the Premier League days later.

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"As far as injuries, Kobbie [Mainoo] can return. [Harry] Maguire, we have to be careful, Manuel [Ugarte] will return, and I think Mason [Mount] and Luke Shaw can return also."

The match against Arsenal will be a tough test for United, who are still reeling from a 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad in the Europa League. Arsenal, on the other hand, are coming off a resounding 7-1 win over PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League.

Amorim believes that playing in the Europa League can have a bigger impact on Premier League form than the Champions League.

"In the beginning people talked about our rotation in Europe. We were changing all the time and it is because of this," he said.

"Europa is so much harder than the Champions League. Not the games, but the recovery to play Premier League on the weekend. We have to deal with that."