Europa League draw LIVE!
Manchester United and Tottenham will discover their opponents this afternoon as the draw for the significantly revamped 2024/25 Europa League takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Uefa have made sweeping upgrades to the continent’s secondary club competition this term to mirror the huge alterations to the new-look Champions League, the much-changed draw for which took place seemingly without a hitch yesterday.
The Europa League’s traditional group stage has also now been replaced by a new league phase in which 36 teams are split into four pots of nine based on their latest coefficient rankings. Each club will face two teams from each pot, playing eight games in total - four at home and four away. The draw is semi-automated and teams from the same nation are kept apart at this stage, meaning no early showdown between Manchester United and Spurs is possible.
Both Premier League representatives are in Pot 1, the significance of which has now been greatly reduced with plenty of tough ties potentially looming against the likes of Roma, Rangers, Porto and Ajax. The top-eight finishers will all go straight through to the last 16, while a knockout play-off round awaits for those who end up between ninth and 24th. Follow the Europa League draw live below!
