Huddersfield Daily Examiner

0 ...... MAN UNITED job as a ‘serial winner’

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this club. Also if my future must be in a different way.”

After the game Ander Herrera said he believes Manchester United need to keep calm and carry on in the wake of their defeat.

Saturday’s season-defining trip to Wembley left Jose Mourinho lamenting a trophyless second campaign in the Old Trafford dugout.

United won the Europa League, EFL Cup and Community Shield in the Portuguese’s first season at the helm, although they also stumbled home sixth in the Premier League. The Red kicked on to finish runners-up this time around, with Herrera focusing on such positives rather than the FA Cup defeat and 19-point gap to champions Manchester City.

“I think we are going to the right way,” the Spanish midfielder said.

“This season, we cannot take credit out from what Man City have done because they deserve to be champions and they have been almost perfect this season, or perfect.

“I think we have to keep going in this way. I think we are doing things right and try to be back playing finals.

“I think I’ve been here already four seasons and I have played a lot of finals here, which is very good.

“This club is about trophies but first of all to win trophies you have to play finals and I think we are doing that.” THIBAUT COURTOIS may not know where his or manager Antonio Conte’s future lies, but the goalkeeper is sure that Chelsea need to spend big to compete in the Premier League next season.

Eden Hazard’s first-half penalty saw the west Londoners beat Manchester United 1-0 to lift the FA Cup on Saturday evening at Wembley.

It was the best moment in a frustratin­g season as Chelsea failed to build on last season’s league triumph, with a tepid title defence underpinne­d by background tension that leaves many speculatin­g that Conte will soon leave.

Courtois is not sure where the Italian’s future lies - “whatever he or the club decides, they will know what they do,” the goalkeeper said - nor does he know where he will spend the 2018-19 campaign.

“Like I said in the last weeks or months, I think we’ll see after the World Cup whether I am a Chelsea player for next year,” the Belgium internatio­nal said.

“We’ll see what is going to happen after the World Cup.”

Courtois has been heavily linked with Real Madrid and its appears Chelsea need to win over their goalkeeper.

With his contract soon running out, the 26-year-old believes the Blues have to dig deep to have any chance of a title challenge next term.

Asked if Chelsea need a big summer to add players in order to challenge for the title, Courtois said: “Yeah, I think so. I think especially if you see how City and United are spending and working.

“I think if we want to aim for the top, we should do the same obviously within the limits of what’s possible as well.

“I think that the transfer market has gone pretty crazy. Nowadays you pay £80m for a defender I think - that’s crazy figures.

“We’ll see what’s going on and I am sure the board will do what needs to be done.”

For the short-term, this is time of celebratio­n for those in blue.

Courtois was pleased by his own display at Wembley.

“Well, satisfacti­on because we won a trophy,” he added, reflecting on the season as a whole. “I think that’s what football is about, winning titles.”

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