Rather than forcing to qualify for Champions or Europa League, it's better for them to develop their club first.
They need to find two wingers, midfielders and few defenders. Although Onana sometimes make mistakes, but we have Bayindir who can replace Onana. While the other positions I mentioned before, Manchester United really lack of good players.
If I may ask, how does a club focus on one trophy like the champions league or the Europa League? You cannot have a target when you don't have a squad to actualise your goals. Manchester United is not in the race to qualify for the champions league and neither are they in the race to qualify for the Europa League. They are just playing without focus. Whenever it gets to a stage that club will be celebrating draw like a win, you will understand that the club is in trouble.
Chelsea is in the state that I described above. We saw it when they drew with Manchester city 4 : 4, the celebrated like they won and their subsequent matches were disaster. Last week, Manchester United drew with Liverpool and celebrated as if they won the league. Something is wrong.
I agree with you that in fact clubs like Man United and Chelsea are only covering up their inconsistencies, so celebrating a little result is considered very important because you can never achieve it in full. So these two clubs are in big trouble that cannot be resolved in the near future. I appreciate the hard work of the Man United team when they held Liverpool to a draw and when Chelsea held off Man City. However this doesn't mean the fact that they are on the right track because compared to the record, this season achievements are still not enough to cover up their failures.