Manchester United were handed their traditional easy passage to the latter stages of the Champions League this morning, when the draw for the qualifying round pitted them against the winners of the tie between Zalaegerszegi of Hungary and Croatia’s NK Zagreb.
United, of course, have an extra incentive for reaching the final this seasson, as it is to be held in Old Trafford.
Celtic, meanwhile, will confront MIL Zilna or Slovakia or Switzerland’s Fc Basel.
The ties are to be played on August 13/14 and the return leg on August 27/28.
The full draw is:
Sporting Lisbon v Inter Milan
AC Milan v Slovan Liberec
Rosenborg v Brøndby IF or KS Dinamo Tirana
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) v Club Brugge KV (BEL) or FC Dinamo Bucuresti
NK Maribor (SLO) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) or AEK Athens
Barcelona (ESP) v FK Vardar (MKD) or Legia Warszawa
Skonto Riga or Levski Sofia v Dynamo Kyiv or FC Pyunik (ARM)
Lillestrøm or FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v Newcastle United
Hammarby IF (SWE) or FK Partizan (YUG) v Bayern München
Genk or Sparta Praha v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO)
Maccabi Haifa or Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v SK Sturm Graz
Celtic v MŠK Zilina (SVK) or FC Basel
Feyenoord v Fenerbahçe SK
Zalaegerszegi (HUN) v NK Zagreb v Manchester United FC
Boavista FC or Hibernians FC (MLT) v Auxerre
Lokomotiv Moscow v FC Sheriff Tiraspol