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Manchester United legend David Beckham has commented that the club’s failure to qualify for the UEFA Champions League is quite ‘painful’ to witness.
This season’s Champions League competition started on Tuesday.
Man United had failed to qualify for the Champions League after finishing outside of the top four last season.
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Erik ten Hag’s side ended up qualifying for the UEFA Europa League, thanks to their FA Cup triumph.
“It is a little bit painful not seeing United there [Champions League], but they are going through something,” Beckham told CBS.
“We are too big to not be back on this stage. So at some point, we have to be.”
In another news, Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has been injured and would be out “for a while” with an ankle injury he had suffered on international duty with Norway, manager Mikel Arteta had reported on Wednesday.
Odegaard twisted his ankle in Norway’s Nations League match against Austria earlier this month.
His national team doctor had suggested he would be sidelined for a “minimum of three weeks”.
“After everything was scanned, they showed that there was some damage, especially in one of the ligaments in the ankle so we’re going to miss him,” Arteta told reporters ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League opener against Atalanta on Thursday.
“I don’t want to (put a timeframe on it) because I am not a doctor but it is something quite significant so we’re going to lose him for a while — hopefully not months, but let’s see.”
Arsenal, Premier League runners-up last season, visit reigning champions Manchester City on Sunday.
