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| Will Louis van Gaal be smiling when he finds out Man Utd's Champions League draw |
MANCHESTER UNITED have been confirmed as seeds in pot two for the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, which will take place this afternoon (4.45pm).
United sealed their spot in the today's draw by beating Belgian side Club Brugge 7-1 on aggregate over two legs in a play-off tie.
UEFA have made a significant change to the draw proceedings with the champions of the top seven associations all taking a place in pot 1.
Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St Petersburg and PSV are among the top seeds. PSV are the champions of the eighth association, Netherlands, but receive a top seeding place due to Barcelona being Spanish champions as well as European champions.
The rest of the teams are divided into the remaining three pots by their UEFA club coefficient ranking.
United are in the second set of seeds alongside Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, FC Porto, Arsenal, Manchester City, Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen.
Pot 3 features Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla, CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, Lyon, Dynamo Kiev, Roma.
And pot 4 includes BATE Borisov, Borussia Monchengladbach, VFL Wolfsburg, Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Gent, Malmo, FK Astana.
The first games of the group stages will take place on September 15 and 16.
Group of Death: Barcelona, Man Utd, Sevilla, VFL Wolfsburg
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