Summary

  • Neymar: "I am not motivated by money."

  • Champions League play-off draw: Hoffenheim v Liverpool

  • Celtic v Astana

  • Ties to be played on 15/16 and 22/23 August

  • Europa League play-off draw: Everton v Hajduk Split

  • Ties to be played on 17 and 24 August

Live Reporting

Shamoon Hafez

  1. Which teams are in the hat?

    Champions League

    League route:

    Sevilla (Spain), Napoli (Italy), LIVERPOOL (England), CSKA Moscow (Russia), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal).

    Possible opponents:

    Steaua Bucharest (Romania), Young Boys (Switzerland), Hoffenheim (Germany), Nice (France), Istanbul Basaksehir (Turkey).

    Champions route:

    Olympiacos (Greece), CELTIC (Scotland), Copenhagen (Denmark), APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus), NK Maribor (Slovenia).

    Possible opponents:

    Qarabag FK (Azerbaijan), Hapoel Beer-Sheva (Israel), Slavia Prague (Czech Republic), Astana, (Kazakhstan), NK Rijeka (Croatia).

  2. How does the draw work?

    There are 10 places up for grabs to join the 22 already-qualified teams in the main draw of the Champions League.

    Liverpool and Celtic are on separate sides so will not be drawn against each other...unless a major mess up occurs.

    I'd love to see that.

  3. Getting serious

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    Last season's league exploits? Forget about them.

    We are into the new campaign and British sides Liverpool and Celtic will shortly find out their opponents for the play-off round of the Champions League.

    Friendlies? Done. Now it starts to get serious.

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