Tottenham: Pedro Porro warns Spurs of 'magnificent' Ruben Amorim ahead of Europa League final | OneFootball

The Spaniard played under the Man United coach for three seasons at Sporting CP

Pedro Porro has warned Tottenham not to underestimate Manchester United and "magnificent coach" Ruben Amorim in the Europa League Final and says both teams "know how to deliver" in the competition, in spite of their dreadful domestic seasons.

Spurs have beaten United three times already this term, twice in the top-flight and once in the Carabao Cup, and Amorim's side are guaranteed their worst-ever Premier League finish.

But asked about United's domestic difficulties, Porro said: "Well, I don't think they've lost in the Europa League.

"They're a very good team, with a very good coach, no?

Amorim and Porro shared three years at Sporting CP

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"In the end they haven’t had the luck in the Premier League. It's like us, isn't it? But we're two teams that know how to deliver and it’s going to be a very beautiful final. I hope we’re the happy ones at the end.

"The truth is we have very good feelings," he added.

"Ignoring the Premier League, we are feeling good, the job the team has done in Europe has been enormous and I think we feel we’re in a good place. Those feelings have to carry over to the day of the final now.

"We have to forget everything else because at the end of the day, we've worked very hard to get to this final. It’s very difficult to get to where we are in this Europa League and it’s where we want to be."

Before joining Spurs, Porro spent three seasons under United coach Amorim at Sporting CP, winning one league title and two Portuguese League Cups.

"He's a magnificent coach," Porro said. "I know him very well. It’s the way he treats the players, he always spoke to me as a person, it’s not just how he treated me from a football perspective.

Porro is in the hunt for a fourth win over Man United this season

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"The way he works on the pitch is also very good but in this case, I hope I’m the happy one.

"When I arrived [at Sporting], it was a little bit difficult for me but like everything in football, sometimes it’s hard at first, right?

"Things in life don't always go the way you want them to but when I got there, the truth is I had a lot of help from him and at that moment my football exploded. To be honest I'm really grateful to him for that.

"Porro says winning a first European trophy would be the fulfilment of a childhood dream, as well as being hugely important for Spurs.

"It would be very important," he said. "It would be a dream because, as we already know when I arrived here, we knew it had been a long time since we had won a trophy here.

"So it would be very, very important for us. And for me personally it would be a story of faith, something I dreamt of ever since I was little. It’s my first European final and everyone in the world would have motivation for that.

"That is everyone’s dream when they are little.

"Last year we were three points away from the Champions League. We knew from the start of the season that this was a competition where we could do something big, no? And let's hope we have a happy ending."