article_snippet.sent: Manchester United have fought all season to try to secure a return to the Champions League, but six players shown the exit door at Old Trafford are  in the competition's final four.
article_snippet.sent: Last season's disastrous campaign under David Moyes saw Manchester United miss out on Europe's premier competition for the first time in 19 years, with Patrice Evra and Javier Hernandez members of the failing squad.
article_snippet.sent: Pogba is out with a thigh injury but could return in the time for the semi-finals next month.
article_snippet.sent: Ronaldo has gone from strength to strength since leaving United and is in the last four once again .
article_snippet.sent: Whatever happens in the semi-finals, there will be at least one former Old Trafford representative at the Champions League final in Berlin's Olympic Stadium on May 6.
article_snippet.sent: United are on course for a return to Europe's top table next season, with their position inside the Barclays Premier League's top four looking fairly safe ahead of Liverpool who sit eight points behind.
article_snippet.sent: But for now, the the Barclays Premier League's semi-finals are the home of the Champions League semi-finals former players, rather than the Champions League semi-finals current ones.
highlights_snippet.sent: Manchester United have six ex-players in Champions League semi-finals .
  