Barcelona are trying to improve the foundation step by step, they have almost finished a good job after getting some new workers in the transfer market yesterday. Barcelona's biggest failure this season has been elimination from the Champions League, while in the Europa League they haven't been able to fully pamper their feet due to a big ordeal from Manchester United.
If for example Barcelona is able to beat Manchester United, Barcelona chances are still not fully open. There are still other challenges that will await Xavi's troops in the next round. The strength of the foundation must be increased immediately before the storm comes, Xavi must immediately find a good strategy to fend off one by one the storms that will approach them.
For the playoff match between Barcelona and Manchester United, I think the two teams will be difficult to predict. Ten Hag also managed to find good direction at Manchester United, while Xavi also found it at Barcelona. I'm not looking down on Manchester United and all the players, but I tend to think that Barcelona are more favorites in the Europa League than Manchester United.
Anything is still very likely to happen to both teams, they have to be prepared, but fundamentally Manchester United have certainly lost one of the best players from their squad. I wouldn't think winning either of these teams would be easy, both would be difficult although I think Barcelona are more likely to prove their quality.
That's right both teams are very unpredictable, maybe we will see a surprise from Manchester United, in the winter transfer window this club can found a target player of Ten Hag. But for Frenkie de Jong it seems that Barcelona will not be released him to Mancester United with reason for get this tittle UEFA Europa league, if Barcelona is not successful this will be the second bad of drama for Xavi.