FIVE Premier League teams will compete for Europe’s most prestigious club prize this season

Manchester United’s victory over Ajax in the Europa League final ensured they will be in the hat for the Champions League.

What is it?

The draw for this year's Champions League group stages.

When is it?

It takes place on Thursday, August 24, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

What time does it happen?

4pm local time

What TV channel is it on?

The draw is on BT Sport 2 or via live stream on Uefa.com.

I forsee Real Madrid being in the same group with Manchester United or Manchester City

And Barcelona in the same group with Chelsea.

Liverpool in the same group with PSG

Tottenham in Juventus group!

Tolexander:
I forsee Real Madrid being in the same group with Manchester United or Manchester City

And Barcelona in the same group with Chelsea.

Liverpool in the same group with PSG

Tottenham in Juventus group!

I see at least one of these outcomes coming to fruition. Will be interesting.

Seeded: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Monaco, Spartak Moscow

Pot 2: Barcelona, Atletico, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Man City, FC Porto, Man United

Pot 3: Napoli, Tottenham, FC Basel, Olympiakos, Anderlecht, Liverpool, Roma, Besiktas

Pot 4: Celtic, CSKA Moscow, Sporting CP, APOEL Nicosia, Feyenoord, NK Maribor, FK Qarabag, RB Leipzig

Liverpool, Copenhagen, Sporting Lisbon, APOEL Nicosia and Qarabag became the last five teams to reach the Champions League on Wednesday night — sealing the line-up for this year's group stage.

There are 32 teams, with 17 nations represented — and five British clubs in the mix for Thursday evening's draw.
So who can Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham, and Celtic find themselves up against? Sportsmail looks at the possible scenarios.

So, how are the pots looking?

Each group takes a team from each of the four pots, with clubs unable to play against teams from their own nation.

Pots 1 and 2 contain the serious members of Europe's elite - with the latter looking arguably more formidable than the former.

Pot 1 is seeded, containing just domestic champions of the eight biggest European leagues. Real Madrid, the Champions League holders, are joined by Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, Benfica, Monaco, Spartak Moscow and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Pot 2 contains a host of illustrious clubs who have won the competition in its current and old guise as the European Cup. Former Champions League winners Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United and Porto feature. Powerhouses Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City also make the cut, as do Sevilla.

Pots 3 includes Tottenham and returning five-time winners Liverpool after they saw off Hoffenheim on Wednesday night. They are joined by Napoli, Basle, Olympiacos, Anderlecht, Roma and Besiktas.

So what's the best and worst case scenarios for the English clubs?
BEST CASE...

Chelsea (Pot 1): Porto, Anderlecht, Maribor.
Manchester City/Manchester United (Pot 2): Spartak Moscow, Anderlecht, Maribor.
Tottenham/Liverpool (Pot 3): Spartak Moscow, Porto, Maribor.

WORST CASE....
Chelsea (Pot 1): Barcelona, Napoli, RB Leipzig.
Manchester City/Manchester United (Pot 2): Real Madrid, Napoli, RB Leipzig.
Tottenham/Liverpool (Pot 3): Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, RB Leipzig.

My opinion: I believe it would be a huge shame to the English league if they fail to send a team through to AT LEAST the semi-finals despite having five teams this term.

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Manchester United should not be in Pot 2. I see no reason why a team that has been struggling for ages be counted as an 'elite' European team just because they won the European League last season when Liverpool is in the third Pot.

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ur time is wrong!