It’s the big one.
And when we say ‘big one’, we mean the most widely watched event on the nation’s work computers whilst pretending to get on with spreadsheets and stuff at your job. The Champions League draw always tends to take place during working hours on a work day, so that means having more than one window open in case your boss walks by.
Thursday draw is especially exciting because it contains FIVE Premier League teams, as well as Celtic. It will be intriguing to see who our six British sides are pitted against (and whether there’s an Anglo-Scottish ‘Battle of Britain’). But be warned – catching it live may mean either working later than usual or indeed finishing work early to rush home.
That’s because the draw takes place at 5pm UK time – NOT 11am is as sometimes the case.
You can watch it live on either BT Sport 2, or if that’s unavailable to you, there will be a free live stream on Uefa.com.
The actual draw will be conducted at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, and the pots are as follows:
Pot One
Bayern Munich, Benfica, Chelsea, Juventus, Monaco, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow.
Pot Two
Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Sevilla.
Pot Three
Anderlecht, FC Basel, Besiktas, Liverpool, Napoli, Olympiacos, Roma, Tottenham Hotspur.
Pot Four
Celtic, CSKA Moscow, Qarabag, Sporting Lisbon, APOEL Nicosia, Feyenoord, Maribor, RB Leipzig.
