The draw for the group stage of this season’s Champions League will take place in Monaco at 6pm (SAST) on Thursday.
Four Premier League clubs will be involved, having directly qualified for the tournament: Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham.
As Premier League champions, Manchester City go straight into Pot 1 – where they’re joined by Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, PSG and Lokomotiv Moscow.
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Manchester United and Tottenham will both definitely go into Pot 2 by virtue of their Uefa coefficient, while Liverpool have missed out on a spot in Pot 2 after Benfica’s comfortable playoff win over Paok condemned the Reds to Pot 3.
The first group stage matches this season will be played on 18 September.
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This season’s final will take place on 1 June 2019 at Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano.
*Depending on playoff result
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Pot 1
Real Madrid • Atletico Madrid (Europa League winners) • Barcelona • Bayern Munich • Manchester City • Juventus • PSG • Lokomotiv Moscow
Pot 2
Borussia Dortmund • Porto • Manchester United • Shakhtar Donetsk • Benfica • Napoli • Tottenham • Roma
Pot 3
Liverpool • Ajax • Schalke • Lyon • Monaco • CSKA Moscow • PSV Eindhoven • Valencia
Pot 4
Viktoria Plzen • Club Brugge • Galatasaray • Young Boys • Inter Milan • Hoffenheim • Red Star Belgrade • AEK Athens
