Manchester United star Fred believes the team should never have been away from the UEFA Champions League.

The Red Devils competed in the Europa League last term, reaching the semi finals and losing to eventual winners Sevilla.

Now they are back in Europe's top competition, and Fred hopes that it is the first of many seasons in a row they compete in the Champions League.

The Brazil international midfielder told the Red Devils' official website: "The Champions League is always brilliant.

"It's somewhere that Manchester United should have never been away from and we should be competing in the Champions League every season.

"We have good memories against PSG and I remember that night [in 2019] like it was yesterday. We got a great result there and a real turnaround after the bad result we had against them at home.

"That's how Manchester United needs to be, always. We have to get big results. We're a massive club and we have to always be doing our best to get big wins.

"I hope we have a good start in the Champions League this season, get off on the right foot and on our way to qualifying."