Manchester United are not hanging around. They are the first of the four Premier League clubs to reveal dates for all their Champions League group games.

Less than three weeks until the first round of games. It's getting exciting. Thanks for your company and don't forget you can follow live text commentary of Southampton's Europa League play-off here. 

Ian Dennis
BBC Radio 5 live senior football reporter

All the English clubs have a realistic chance of going through to the knock-out stages.

On paper Chelsea have the easiest assignment. There is no respite for Manchester City, although no-one will relish going to the Etihad Stadium.

PSV Eindhoven boss Phillip Cocu on facing Manchester United tells Uefa.com: "It is a very tough draw, but on the other hand also great to play against Manchester United and to meet Louis van Gaal and of course Memphis Depay again."

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Manchester City entertain Juventus in the opening round of group fixtures, Uefa have just revealed. Manchester United are away to PSV Eindhoven, 

We'll bring you Arsenal and Chelsea's opening group games just as soon as we hear.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Daryl: What do English teams need to do to ensure success this year?

Phil McNulty: In simple terms, be a lot better than they were last year. Arsenal must buy a quality striker to pose more of a threat, Chelsea must find some of that old authority that has been missing this season while Manchester City must find a way to feel that they belong in the Champions League. 

Manchester United also need more quality up front or they will lose to one of the better sides. And as I have said before - I don't see any of them as winners.

Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm on facing Arsenal tells Uefa.com: "It's great that we are meeting two old friends, Per Mertesacker and Mesut Ozil, when we play Arsenal."

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Southampton have made three changes to their starting line-up for the second leg of their Europa League play-off at Danish champions FC Midtjylland.

Midfielder Victor Wanyama, linked with a move away from St Mary's, did not travel because of a stomach infection.

Forward Sadio Mane, a target for Manchester United, starts on the bench after picking up a knock in last Sunday's goalless draw with Watford.

Cuco Martina, James Ward-Prowse and Jay Rodriguez all start.

The tie is level at 1-1.

Southampton : Stekelenburg, Martina, Fonte, Caulker, Yoshida, Targett, Romeu, S. Davis, Ward-Prowse, Pellè, Rodriguez. Substitutes: K. Davis, Cédric, Long, Mané, Tadić, Reed, Juanmi.

There's some live European action later and Southampton fans are making their presence felt in Jutland ahead of their Europa League play-off with Danish champions FC Midtjylland. The tie is evenly poised at 1-1.

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Arsenal club secretary David Miles tells BT Sport: "The draw started very ominously but as it progressed I would have to say we are relatively happy with it overall.

"If I'm being honest we would probably have preferred not to be facing Bayern Munich but that's where we are. It's about time we turned the tables on them."

Earlier, England named their squad for the Rugby World Cup and you have the chance to get into the spirit of it all by joining BBC Radio 5 live for their tournament preview show at the Twickenham Stoop on Thursday 17 September.

Hosted by Mark Chapman, the programme will also feature a number of World Cup legends including former New Zealand fly-half Andrew Mehrtens , ex Scotland captain Gavin Hastings , Wales scrum-half Rob Jones and former Ireland winger Denis Hickie amongst his guests.

Tickets are available on the 5 live website where you can find the full terms and conditions.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Leigh Frayling: Can you envisage any difficulties for the English sides in getting out of the groups?

Phil McNulty: I fully expect Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United to get through and while Manchester City have got it tough again they are good enough to come through. I think all four will reach the knockout phase,

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Paris St-Germain forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is on course to meet his former club Malmo after the two clubs were drawn in Group A.

Malmo's assistant coach Olof Persson tells Uefa.com: "It will be fun for Zlatan to come back home. It'll be fantastic for the fans to see him and the other stars. I think he will be welcomed the way he always is when he comes home – like the king of Malmo that he is."   

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Fahad Khan, external: Do you see any English side winning the Champions League this season ?

Phil McNulty: In a word, Fahad, no. To expand further, on squad quality Manchester City should have the best chance but they been handed a very tough group.

I still expect them to get out of the group and with a favourable draw should progress but I think it is too much of a leap to go from where they are now to winners.

Any team managed by Jose Mourinho should never been ruled out of the Champions League and Chelsea have an in-built resilience that means they will go far but do I see them beating the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich? Not really.

And to be brutally honest Arsenal and Manchester United are simply not good enough to win the Champions League with their current squads.

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Manchester United club secretary John Alexander tells BT Sport: "I think it will suit Louis and his staff going back to the Netherlands to face PSV. That will be a challenge and one they will want to succeed in going back to their home country.

"Moscow is famous for us winning the Champions League there so I'm sure the fans will look forward to that, although it could depend on the time of year."

West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has ruled out the prospect of striker Saido Berahino leaving the club during this summer’s transfer window following two rejected bids from Spurs.

"I have informed Saido that he will not be transferred during this summer window and that he is staying at the club," Peace told the club website., external

"Selling our top goalscorer was never on our agenda this summer and our plans have always been based on Saido being part of our squad for the 2015-16 season."

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

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Manchester City must wonder who they have offended when it comes to the Champions League. Once again they have been handed a tough task with Juventus, the talented Sevilla and more Bundesliga opposition in Borussia Monchengladbach.

Yet another trophy for Lionel Messi. The Barcelona forward saw off team-mate Luis Suarez and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo to be voted Uefa's Best Player in Europe for last season. Messi, the four-time Fifa world player of the year, got the award after a season-long duel with Ronaldo for the Champions League scoring record. Both resume this season on 77 goals. 

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A Question of Sport Teaser
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Earlier we asked you to name the six teams who have appeared in just one Champions League final since 2005.

And the answers were: Arsenal (2006), Atletico Madrid (2014), Borussia Dortmund (2013), Inter Milan (2010), Juventus (2015), Real Madrid (2014)