No wonder Gareth Bale's happy. Real Madrid's Group A opponents are Paris St-Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk and Malmo.

Image source, @GarethBale11

Bill Rice
BBC Radio Manchester

Louis van Gaal will be pleased to have avoided the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich after Manchester United were drawn in Group B of the Champions’ League.

The Dutch manager said he wouldn’t watch the draw and instead his focus would be on his second team taking on Ajax in a behind closed doors game today, but he will return to find a meeting with familiar opposition in PSV Eindhoven from his native country, who won the Eredivisie title last year before selling Memphis to United for £27.9m in the summer.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Image source, Getty Images

"Arsenal’s group is not easy, with Bayern Munich the main obstacle alongside Olympiakos and Dinamo Zagreb, but they should have more than enough to get through."

Do you have a Champions League question for Phil McNulty? How far can Manchester United go? Who has got the hardest group? 

Get your questions across on #bbcsportsday

At least Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany seems happy with his team's tricky group.

Image source, @VincentKompany

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Manchester United have been made very welcome on their return to the Champions League with a favourable draw in the group stage.

Manager Louis van Gaal will feel quietly confident of progress from a group that contains PSV Eindhoven and CSKA Moscow, while the meeting with Germans Wolfsburg may be made slightly easier if Manchester City, as expected, sign their stand-out player Kevin de Bruyne.

Image source, Getty Images

More about the US Open women's singles draws...

Switching away from football for a moment and more from the US Open draw in New York after Andy Murray was drawn against Australian Nick Kyrgios in the first round...

Away from the Champions League draw for a moment, Everton have just announced they have turned down a transfer request from John Stones.

A club statement reads: "Since the start of the transfer window, we have resolutely turned down offers from another Premier League football club for our player. John is not for sale and he will remain a highly valued member of our first team squad."

Real Madrid's  Cristiano Ronaldo is sat right in front of Barcelona's  Lionel Messi at the draw ceremony. Ronaldo is looking dapper in a navy blue suit while Messi is dressed in black suit, white shirt and black tie.

David Ornstein
BBC 5 live

"Manchester United are in quite a favourable group. Manchester City have probably got the toughest of the England clubs - not for the first time. They must think they are cursed.

"Arsenal's is a mixed group and Chelsea have probably done the best of the English teams."

So it's Holland, Russia and Germany for Manchester United. Italy, Spain and Germany for Manchester City, Germany, Greece and Croatia for Arsenal and Portugal, Ukraine and Israel for Chelsea.

Darren Whittaker:  Have Man U ever, and I mean e ver , had a tough draw in Champs League group stages? Even as qualifiers get the best draw.

John:  Why couldn't Sevilla go with Chelsea and Porto and why couldn't Man U get Barcelona??

A-Boo-Car:  It just had to be Bayern and Olympiacos. Anybody from France in Pot 4? That should complete it for Arsenal.

You can tweet us using #bbcsportsday,, external or text on  81111  from UK mobiles.     

Group A:  Paris St-Germain, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Malmo

Group B:  PSV Eindhoven,  Manchester United,  CSKA Moscow, Wolfsburg

Group C:  Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Astana,

Group D:  Juventus,  Manchester City,  Sevilla, Borussia Monchengladbach

Group E:  Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, BATE Borisov

Group F:  Bayern Munich,  Arsenal,  Olympiacos, Dinamo Zagreb

Group G: Chelsea,  Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Group H:  Zenit Saint Petersburg, Valencia, Lyon, Gent

David Ornstein
BBC 5 live

"Interesting draws for all the English clubs. It looked good for Man Utd at first but they now face a longer trip to Moscow.

"Sevilla won the Europa League last season so that will be a tough tie for Man City.

"After getting Porto, Chelsea also face a long trip to Ukraine and Arsenal will face some familiar foes. They have lost to Bayern Munich a couple of times and they also face a trip to Greece to face Olympiacos, which they have done a couple of times."