Summary

  • Latest gossip: Oxade-Chamberlain to turn down Arsenal's £180,000 a week offer

  • Manager news conferences, including Liverpool, Tottenham, Everton, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle

  • Bale back in Wales squad for World Cup qualifiers

  • Europa League: Everton in Group E and face Lyon, Atalanta, Apollon Limassol

  • Arsenal in Group H with BATE Borisov, Cologne, Red Star Belgrade

  1. get involved

    Get Involved - #bbcfootballpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    So there you have it.

    Thoughts?

    It seems Everton have found themselves in a pretty tough group there.

    Use #bbcfootball and let us know how you are feeling about the draw...

    You can also get in touch by text on 81111.

  2. Postpublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    And to finish, we learn that the winner of the Europa League player of the season 2016/17, was Paul Pogba....

    He looks awkwardly delighted.

    "Thank you, it's great to be the first to win this award and I hope to play as well as last season. We will see..." he says in a pre-recorded presentation ceremony.

    Those are so awkward.

  3. English teams in Europa Leaguepublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Arsenal and Everton

    So Arsenal have trips to Belarus, Germany and Serbia in store.

    Everton will travel to Italy, France and Cyprus.

  4. Final groupspublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    Group A: Villarreal, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Astana, Slavia Prague

    Group B: Dynamo Kiev, Young Boys, Partizan Belgrade, Skenderbeu

    Group C: Braga, Ludogorets, Hoffenheim, Istanbul Basaksehir

    Group D: AC Milan, Austria Vienna, NK Rijeka, AEK Athens

    Group E: Lyon, Everton,Atalanta, Apollon Limassol

    Group F: FC Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sheriff Tiraspol, FC Zlin

    Group G: Viktoria Plzen, Steaua Bucharest, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, FC Lugano

    Group H: Arsenal,BATE Borisov, Cologne, Red Star Belgrade

    Group I: Salzburg, Marseille, Vitoria Guimaraes, Konyaspor

    Group J: Athletic Bilbao, Hertha Berlin, Zorya Luhansk, Ostersunds

    Group K: Lazio, Nice, Zulte Waregem, Vitesse Arnhem.

    Group L: Zenit, Real Sociedad, Rosenborg, Vardar Skopje

  5. So far.....published at 12:31 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    Group A: Villarreal, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

    Group B: Dynamo Kiev, Young Boys, Partizan Belgrade

    Group C: Braga, Ludogorets, Hoffenheim

    Group D: AC Milan, Austria Vienna, NK Rijeka

    Group E: Lyon, Everton, Atalanta

    Group F: FC Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, Sheriff Tiraspol

    Group G: Viktoria Plzen, Steaua Bucharest, Hapoel Beer-Sheva

    Group H: Arsenal, BATE Borisov, Cologne

    Group I: Salzburg, Marseille, Vitoria Guimaraes

    Group J: Athletic Bilbao, Hertha Berlin, Zorya Luhansk

    Group K: Lazio, Nice, Zulte Waregem

    Group L: Zenit, Real Sociedad, Rosenborg

  6. Everton drawn in Group Epublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    They will have to play Lyon...

  7. Arsenal are drawn in Group Hpublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    They will face BATE Borisov in the early stages...

  8. Postpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    Group A: Villarreal

    Group B: Dynamo Kiev

    Group C: Braga

    Group D: AC Milan

    Group E: Lyon

    Group F: FC Copenhagen

    Group G: Porto

    Group H: Arsenal

    Group I: Salzburg

    Group J: Atletico Bilbao

    Group K: Lazio

    Group L: Zenit St Petersburg

  9. Postpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    The man in charge of Pot 3 and 4 is Eric Abidal - the Lyon-born former French international.

    Lyon will host the 2017/18 final in May next year...

    Draw is about to begin...

  10. Postpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    We have had some great/ awful draws in recent weeks... Will this be another classic?

    One of the ex-pro's under pressure today is former Celtic and Barcelona striker, Henrik Larsson. He takes his place behind Pot 1 & 2.

  11. Postpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    A montage looking back at last year's tournament includes some super-cheese Euro-pop plus, some outstandingly excitable commentary from various foreign language commentators...

  12. Europa League group stage drawpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    So let's cross live to Monaco to find out who Arsenal and Everton will face in the Europa League group stage...

    Prepare for gubbins...

  13. 'Everyone wanted to play at Wembley - I am no different'published at 11:54 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Tottenham v Burnley (Sun, 16:00 BST)

    Burnley

    WembleyImage source, Getty Images

    Dyche's Burnley will take on Spurs at their temporary home of Wembley Stadium on Sunday. How will they cope with the surroundings?

    "Everyone wanted to play at Wembley as a kid and I am no different" said Dyche.

    "We'll try to forget the surroundings and try to take on the game".

    And what of transfer talk, Sean?

    "We are still in the (transfer) market with certain situations and working on a couple to try to bring them to life".

  14. Postpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Quick Dyche update.

    *puts on best gruff Dyche voice*..........

  15. Who is in the pot?published at 11:53 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Europa League group stage draw

    Pot 1: Arsenal, Zenit St Petersburg, Lyon, Dynamo Kiev, Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao, Lazio, AC Milan, Viktoria Plzen, Salzburg, FC Copenhagen, Braga

    Pot 2: Steaua Bucharest, Ludogorets, BATE Borisov, Everton, Young Boys, Marseille, Real Sociedad, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Lokomotiv Moscow, Austria Vienna, Hertha Berlin, Nice

    Pot 3: Astana, Partizan Belgrade, Hoffenheim, Cologne, NK Rijeka, Vitoria Guimaraes, Atalanta, Zulte Waregem, Zorya Luhansk, Rosenborg, Sheriff Tiraspol, Hapoel Beer-Sheva

    Pot 4: Apollon Limassol, Istanbul Basaksehir, Konyaspor, Vitesse Arnhem, Slavia Prague, Red Star Belgrade, Skenderbeu, FC Zlin, AEK Athens, FC Lugano, Vardar Skopje, Ostersunds

    All the biggies.......

  16. Europa League draw...published at 11:50 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Today at 12:00 BST

    As you know with these European draws, there is always about 20 minutes of gubbins to get through before anyone sticks their hand in an actual pot, but we will be taking you through the draw as we see it...

    Meanwhile, here are the full list of teams in said pots...

  17. Europa League drawpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Today at 12:00 BST

    Who else should the English teams avoid?

    In pot three, Hoffenheim, who were beaten in their Champions League play-off against Liverpool on Wednesday evening, are also much stronger than their seeding according to Simon Gleave.

    The strongest team in pot four by a long way is Turkey's Istanbul Basaksehir, who are about the same quality as Stoke City.

    Swedish club Östersunds FK, managed by Englishman Graham Potter, are on the face of it, one of the weaker teams in the draw but they are improving fast and have already knocked out Galatasaray (Euro Club Index ranked 85th) and PAOK (120th) in qualification.

  18. Postpublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Sean Dyche has arrived!

    We will bring you the latest soon...

  19. Europa League drawpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    Today at 12:00 BST

    Simon Gleave, head of analysis at Gracenote Sports, has outlined which teams English sides will want to avoid in the Europa League draw.

    "The Uefa coefficient system is based only on results in Uefa competitions and the calculation doesn't take into account the opponent strength," he said.

    "Therefore, a number of teams will be classified above or below where they should be."

    Arsenal (ranked 11th by the Euro Club Index) are the best team in today's Europa League draw, ahead of Athletic Club, Villarreal, FC Zenit and Real Sociedad.

    The last of that group, Real Sociedad have been allocated a place in pot two for the draw and are the team to be avoided for Arsenal.

  20. Postpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 25 August 2017

    So, at 12:00 BST we will have the Europa League group stage draw featuring Arsenal and Everton....

    Who do you want to face and who do you want to avoid?

    We got an expert opinion....