Let's get it straight, Amorim is aware that his chances in the EPL are very small to reach the top 4 just to secure a UCL ticket. However in the Europa League he has a greater chance, and if he succeeds in winning the title then Manchester United's position is equal to 2-5 clubs in the EPL standings. Why? because they both entered the Champions League but with different paths. Is Amorim smart? Of course he knows which path can be taken this season. Next season will be the starting point where Amorim needs to inject player performance in the transfer window.
Seems like he is going to get the UCL ticket, by winning UCL, there are two games left for them, next game they can even lose and they will still be great, and after that, they are going to do better. If they do better then they are going to be actually be in the finals.
A loss of 2-0 would be enough and they would be in the finals anyways. And at Finals they are going to face Spurs, which is not a team they can't beat, they can get the win in this game and shouldn't be that complicated for them, Spurs done even worse than United so that has to be something that will be great. United being in UCL next season will be tough, they need to get better and while UCL gives them a ton of money, it also brings them to the light and face them against much better teams, which they do not look ready for.