United face Real Sociedad - in the neutral venue of Turin because of coronavirus restrictions - in the first leg of the last-32 clash on Thursday. One player who spent time in the Premier League club's academy could even line up against them for the Basque outfit. The "idea" is a possession-based, attacking style of football that took Real Sociedad top of La Liga earlier this season, though they have now slipped to sixth. "It's a very instilled project and we want to get better every day," Luki Iriarte, La Real's academy director, tells BBC Sport. It is a job we have to do on an everyday basis, to make the players feel they can complete their objectives here at Real Sociedad."

Source: BBC February 18, 2021 09:00 UTC