Man United, Man city,Real Madrid are on the same pot for UCL group draw

The seedings for the Champions League group stage draw can be confirmed after the final qualifying ties were completed on Wednesday evening. 

The eight top-seeded teams were already known, featuring the champions of the top eight leagues following a rule change starting this season. Pot 1 in the draw, which begins at 4.45pm BST on Thursday, will feature Barcelona, along with Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, PSG, Benfica, Zenit, PSV Eindhoven.

In previous seasons all four pots were constructed based on UEFA's coefficient ranking, and that remains in place for the other three pools of clubs.

Roma were handed a boost on Tuesday when FC Basel's elimination at the hands of Maccabi Tel-Aviv meant they were elevated to pot 3 in place of the Swiss side. But there remains two teams from one of Europe's strongest leagues in pot 4, Bundesliga clubs Wolfsburg and Borussia Monchengladbach.

Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United all take their place in pot 2, alongside Spanish clubs Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Valencia. Leverkusen and FC Porto complete the pot.One of the English clubs faces a high probability of facing Barcelona, as teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. Barca can only be drawn against either Arsenal, City, United, Leverkusen or Porto from pot 2.

There is the chance of a "super group". Barcelona could be drawn together with Manchester United, Roma and Wolfsburg. Or perhaps Chelsea could be handed Real Madrid, Roma and Wolfsburg. 

Pot 1: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Zenit St Petersburg, PSV Eindhoven

Pot 2: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, FC Porto, Arsenal, Manchester United, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester City

Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla, Lyon, Dynamo Kiev, Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Galatasaray, AS Roma

Pot 4: BATE Borisov, Borussia Monchengladbach, Vfl Wolfsburg, Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Gent, Malmo, FK Astana