UEFA HAS CONFIRMED the seedings for Thursday’s Champions League draw with Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund all in pot two.
Champions League holders Liverpool are in the top pot along with fellow Premier League sides Manchester City and Chelsea, as well as league winners Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern Munich.
Zenit complete the pot one line-up as the Russian Premier League champions are designated by Uefa to be given a place among the other top seeds.
That means last season’s beaten finalists Tottenham go into pot two with the two Madrid clubs, as well as Napoli, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica and Ajax — the 2018-19 semi-finalists who beat APOEL in the play-off round to secure qualification.
Club Brugge and Slavia Prague also came through the play-off round on Wednesday and they have been placed in the third and fourth pots respectively.
The draw will be made at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, with the group stage set to get under way in mid-September while this season’s final is scheduled for May 30 in Istanbul.
Pot one: Barcelona, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit
Pot two: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Tottenham, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ajax, Benfica
Pot three: Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen, Salzburg, Olympiacos, Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb, Inter, Valencia
Pot four: Lokomotiv Moscow, Genk, Red Star Belgrade, RB Leipzig, Lille, Atalanta, Slavia Prague, Galatasaray
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Please please please no more Utd articles today.All the usual fools will be here carrying on like schoolkids.Sometimes the mute button ain’t even enough
@j lad: no more united articles well obviously it’s catches your attention so go figure
@j lad: back pass i can’t see your comment.you on my mute list
@j lad: you can’t reply if muted ha ha
Jose installs an inferiority complex in the teams he manages. United have great potential as an attacking unit. Fergie played attacking football with great success. Jose on the other hand sets up against the big teams to park the bus and frustrate like a bottom of the table team would do. United fans are not used to this brand of football.
The is turning into a déjà vu of Jose’s time at Madrid. First the fans turn, then the players , then it’s P45 for Mourinho
My God 42, is this the best you can do ? What’s your obsession with Manchester United and Jose Mourhino ??? It’s relentless, every day, non-story after non-story. When you’re taking your news stories from MEN, you know you’ve hit rock bottom.
@Sandra O’Fucáif: you don’t either so Fucaif
Brillo just brillo !
@wesley: hi Marcus
@wesley: How many email accounts do you have at this stage?