Champions League draw pots confirmed ahead of Thursday's ceremony
UEFA's Champions League draw takes place on Thursday, with all four pots now set. Aston Villa and Manchester United return to the competition this season after missing out last term.
UEFA will hold the Champions League draw on Thursday, determining which clubs will face each other in the new season's competition. The composition of all four pots has now been confirmed.
Pot one
The top pot features three Premier League clubs — Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. They are joined by the last two Champions League winners, Paris St-Germain, along with Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
Pot two
Aston Villa and Manchester United both return to the Champions League this season after failing to feature in the competition last term. They sit in pot two alongside Borussia Dortmund, Roma, Sporting, Porto, Club Brugge, Real Betis and PSV Eindhoven.
Pots three and four
Pot three is made up of Feyenoord, Lille, Bodo/Glimt, Napoli, RB Leipzig, Villarreal, Shakhtar Donetsk, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce. Pot four consists of Slavia Prague, VfB Stuttgart, Lask, Como, Lens, Sabah, AEK Athens, Slovan Bratislava and Viking.
The draw will decide the opponents each club faces in the tournament's league phase.
