The Champions League draw is live from Monaco on Thursday 30th August 2012
Follow the live Champions League draw with the Stretty Rant from 16:30 (GMT) where we will update you with ALL the groups rather than just Manchester United’s one. Real Madrid will be looking for a record tenth win, whilst United will be hoping to be back at Wembley in May where they won the first of their three European Cups back in 1968. Wembley also holds a place in the hearts of Barcelona fans, who won their first title in 1992, beating Sampdoria, and more recently beating United 3-1 in 2011.
The draw is due to start at 5pm GMT
Champions League pots order
Pot One: Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Porto, AC Milan.
Pot Two:Valencia, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, Schalke, Manchester City, Braga, Dynamo Kiev.
Pot Three: Olympiakos, Ajax, Anderlecht, Juventus, Spartak Moscow, Paris Saint-Germain, Lille, Galatasaray.
Pot Four: Celtic, Borussia Dortmund, BATE Borisov, Dinamo Zagreb, Cluj, Malaga, Montpellier, Nordsjaelland.
In theory United could end up with the following group:
Group of death: Manchester United, Valencia, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund
Champions League draw
Group A: FC Porto, Dynamo Kyiv, PSG, Dinamo Zagreb
Group B: Arsenal, Schalke 04, Olympiakos, Montpellier
Group C: AC Milan, Zenit St Petersburg, Anderlecht, Malaga
Group D: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Ajax, Dortmund
Group E: Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus, Nordsjaelland
Group F: Bayern Munich, Valencia, Lille, FC BATE Borisov
Group G: Barcelona, Benfica, Spartak Moscow, Celtic,
Group H: Manchester United, Braga, Galatasaray, CFR Cluj
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