Ben Collins
BBC Sport

Seems that will be all for now then.

I think the next time we'll see the Spurs players they'll be celebrating on an open-top bus.

Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter

Right, that was a quick turnaround. The two Tottenham coaches are now rolling away from Stansted Airport.

It's going to be quite a whirlwind for the players and their families.

A chance now to take it all in before the mayhem of Friday's parade.

Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter

There was a nice touch as the plane carrying the Tottenham players taxied down the runway at Stansted, with two fire engines creating a guard of honour with water cannons.

Craig Nelson
BBC Sport reporter

We are wondering where the Tottenham team will be heading next?

The club has announced plans for a victory parade on Friday in north London.

But you would imagine they have a busy schedule for this evening too.

Maybe another team barbecue back at base?

Simon Stone
BBC Sport chief football news reporter in Bilbao

Needless to say, it will be a sombre trip back to Manchester for Ruben Amorim and his players.

It will take time for the full implications of what happened last night to sink in and there will need to be some honest conversations about where the club go from here.

Amorim said last week United needed to be 'brave'.

I took that to mean there needs to be a different strategy when it comes to which players to keep and those to let go.

It sounds easy, but financially, it could be very painful.

The Manchester United rebuild is going to take a lot of time.

Tottenham Hotspur

Drone pictures have panned out to show four members of the public peering over security fences trying to get a pic of the triumphant returning team.

Tottenham Hotspur

After posing for that pic, they have quickly shuffled in to the executive arrivals lounge at Stansted Airport, with two luxury team coaches waiting in the car park to whisk off the Europa League winners.

Imagine taking that huge trophy through normal security gates!

Tottenham Hotspur

The whole Tottenham squad and support staff are assembled on the stairs leading down from the plane to pose for a picture, with the trophy in front of them on the tarmac.

Expect to see that soon on Tottenham's social media channels.

The club posted this video of the team boarding the plane in Bilbao., external

Ben Collins
BBC Sport

Thanks Ben, afternoon all.

I can confirm that the plane has now touched down at Stansted. Did you spot it Steve?

First off the plane seems to be a member of Spurs' social media team, followed by someone carrying the valuable silverware.

Good spot Steve. The number of the flight bringing the Tottenham team home from Bilbao to Stansted is KLJ1882. The club was founded in 1882.

Ben Ramsdale
BBC Sport

And on that exciting note, I'll pass you over to Ben C for the final stint.

Fourth live texter of the day coming your way.

Four Jeremy, that's insane!

Ben Ramsdale
BBC Sport

Hello, hello.

The cockerel has landed!

Tottenham's plane has, I mean...

According to Flight Radar, the Tottenham players, staff and the Europa League trophy are back safe and sound on English soil.

We'll bring you images when we can. Or even better, if any of you are there and fancy sending us some in - we'll do our best to get them on the page!

So did Ange Postecoglou completely abandon his approach to football?

According to the man himself, no - as he said the Europa League requires a different approach to Premier League football.

"I've always felt that knockout football is different from your league football," Postecoglou said.

"When you're in that situation, it comes down really to good organisation, belief, having a good game plan and then moments; if you can minimise the moments the opposition have by having a really strong foundation.

"I always felt comfortable that if we got ahead, we could negate most of what Manchester United were going to throw at us."

Uncertainty remains over Postecoglou's long-term future at Spurs, but he is determined to stay at the club and, as he puts it, "complete the job".

While 'Ange-ball' is unlikely to go away completely, the flexibility shown by Postecoglou to change his approach and secure a first European trophy in 41 years for Spurs may convince the club's fans that there could be even better times ahead.

Gary Rose
BBC Sport

Neither side were brilliant or particularly adventurous in what was a dull first half in Bilbao, but it was Tottenham who got the breakthrough when Brennan Johnson bundled in from close range.

After that it was all about defending what they had.

In the second half they had just one touch inside the opposition box, did not have a shot on or off target, and just 19.8% possession.

And in uncharacteristic fashion Postecoglou sacrificed an attacking player for a defensive one when Johnson was replaced by centre-back Kevin Danso.

Former Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson said: "It was a poor watch, it really was an awful game, but Tottenham ruined it. They spoiled the game. That was the game plan.

"It was not what we are used to seeing from Ange Postecoglou. It was a gritty, horrible, defensive, determined, rugged performance."

Tottenham certainly rode their luck at times and also needed some big individual performances as Micky van de Ven made an incredible goalline clearance from Rasmus Hojlund, while goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario made a big save from Luke Shaw late on.

Overall Spurs had three shots, just 27.7% possession and completed 115 passes, all the lowest figures Opta has on record by any team in a major European final (since 2009-10).

Gary Rose
BBC Sport

Europa League success, and with it passage to next season's Champions League, means Tottenham can rightly laud this season as a triumph, despite the club's torrid domestic form.

They are currently in danger of finishing one place outside the Premier League relegation zone after losing 21 of their 37 league games with one fixture remaining.

That form means uncertainty remains over Postecoglou's future, even after this Europa League win.

Therefore there was possibly an element of the Tottenham boss having nothing to lose in terms of how he approached Wednesday's final.

Spurs had already played Manchester United three times this season and won all three, scoring eight goals and conceding three - underlining Postecoglou's high-pressing and swashbuckling style of play.

But there were hints he was preparing to take a more pragmatic approach for this fourth fixture against the Red Devils in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Bodo/Glimt.

At the home of the Norwegians, Spurs had just 31.6% possession. Against Manchester United they had 27.7%. Both are the lowest amount of possession Spurs have had in games they have won under Postecoglou.

Ben Ramsdale
BBC Sport

Now we're straying into the territory surrounding whether Ange Postecoglou remains at Tottenham next season - a reminder that there's a poll running at the top of this page for you to have your say.

'Yes' is the overwhelming answer at the minute with 79% of you believing he should stay in charge in 2025-26.

Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent on Football Daily

It still remains to be seen if he will be here at the start of the next season. The direction for travel has been for so long that Ange Postecoglou will leave the club ahead of next season. Does this victory, this euphoria here change matters? I am not sure it does.

If I was a betting man, I'd still put my money on him not being here next season. But I think what's happened tonight is that he gets to go out on his own terms, he gets to go out as a winner and instead of going out the back door, he can go with his head held high through the front door."

I think he [Daniel Levy] saw what happened to Manchester United at the start of the season with Erik ten Hag and he will not want to make that same mistake. But does the euphoria of tonight change things? I think once tonight is out of the way, the decision will be made and Daniel Levy will remain ruthless about that.

Image source, Getty Images

Joe Wilson
BBC News sports correspondent

At Stansted airport, Tottenham Hotspur fans have been arriving all day from a variety of European locations. Almost every flight seems to have at least one Spurs fan on it. The first supporter I met, in a pale blue replica shirt, had come home via Lanzarote. Biarritz was a popular route.

But Porto, Madrid and even Prague were stops on the journey for some Tottenham fans we spoke to. Whatever their journeys - all agreed it was worth it. Opinions were mixed on the fate of Ange Postecoglou but the majority of supporters we spoke to now believed he should be given more time to continue his job.