There are some names in this draw you may not be familiar with.

We will try to give detail as we go, but will also sum up with background of any sides competing against British teams after the draw is completed.

Fans may want to use an internet maps provider to plan their route around Europe though...

Uefa officials are just running through the details of the draw. I think we are getting ready to go.

Cue impossibly complicated explainer.

Former West Ham captain Mark Noble: "I remember the feelings of the final whistle and West Ham being European Champions again which is really special.

"It was stressful, when you're in control and on the pitch it's much easier than watching. To go on and win that, the fans had an incredible journey with us and to pay them back with a trophy was special."

After the group stages, there will be a preliminary knockout round with 16 teams, eight third-placed teams from Europa League group stage and eight runners-up from the group stage.

The knockouts will then contain the eight group winners from the group stage and the eight winners from the preliminary knockout round.

The Europa League final will take place on 29 May at the Agia Sofia Stadium in Athens, Greece.

With a capacity of 32,000, the stadium, which is also referred to as the AEK Arena for UEFA competitions, is the home of AEK Athens.

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Greek Euro 2004 winner Traianos Dellas is the other legend picked to help with the draw. I can explain...

Noble described helping from the sidelines in last season's final as "stressful". He also thanked the fans, saying to pay them back for their support was "special".

Another West Ham legend, Mark Noble, will be helping with the draw. Here he is with the trophy...

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Former Hammer Declan Rice named player of last season's Conference League. Deserved.

Same deal as the Europa League draw, the top eight seeds will be allocated a group first, followed by a side from each pot.

Aston Villa and Aberdeen can be drawn in the same group as they are in different pots - Villa in pot two, the Dons in pot four.

We are back under way.

Can't wait to see which legends of the game are picking out the teams at the Grimaldi Forum.

Alex Scott and Matt Smith are presenting again, we are just watching memories of last season's competition that West Ham fans may cherish.

Could Aston Villa or Aberdeen fans enjoy a similar experience?

In the Europa Conference League, the draw features 32 teams. Twenty-two of them are Europa Conference League play-off winners and the other 10 are sides transferring from the Europa League qualifying play-offs.

After finishing seventh in the Premier League last season, Unai Emery's Aston Villa were granted a qualifier spot. They then secured their place in the group stage following a 3-0 play-off second leg victory against Hibernian, progressing 8-0 on aggregate.

Aberdeen dropped down to the Conference League after missing out on the Europa League group stages following a 5-3 aggregate loss to Swedish side BK Hacken.

So now that we know the groups for the Europa League, let’s turn to the Conference League.

Here is a full list of the teams that have made it this far:

Pot 1: Eintracht Frankfurt, Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge, AZ Alkmaar, Gent, Fenerbahce, Lille, Ferencvaros

Pot 2: PAOK Thessaloniki, Slovan Bratislava, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Viktoria Plzen, Aston Villa, Ludogorets Razgrad, Fiorentina, Bode/Glimt

Pot 3: Genk, Zorya Luhansk, Astana, Besiktas, HJK Helsinki, Legia Warsaw, Spartak Trnava, Olimpija Ljubljana

Pot 4: Zrinjski Mostar, Ki Klaksvik, Aberdeen, Cukaricki, Lugano, Breioablik, Nordsjalland, Balkani

Don't worry about missing the deadline day news.

Not much is happening, only Liverpool rejecting a £150m bid for Mohamed Salah!

I guess they might need the Egyptian for their Europa League campaign.

If you want more on that story click here. But my suggestion is you stick with us for now.

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It's as if we didn't even go away.

Quick pitstop and we are back up and running for the Europa Conference League group stage draw.

Right, that's it from us for now. Read this report for more details.

We will be back at 13:15 BST for the Europa Conference League draw.

So will any British team make it to this year's Europa League final?

For your reference, and potential travel plans, it will take place on 22 May at the 50,000-capacity Dublin Arena - home of the Republic of Ireland's national football team and Ireland rugby union team.

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One family who will have been watching this draw with keen interest is the Mac Allister clan.

Liverpool have drawn LASK, Toulouse and Union St-Gilloise, where Alexis Mac Allister's brother Kevin plays.

Kevin, 25, is a defender, so he may well be seeing a bit more of his brother at some point soon.

Group matches will take place on the following dates:

Matchday 1: 21 SeptemberMatchday 2: 5 OctoberMatchday 3: 26 OctoberMatchday 4: 9 NovemberMatchday 5: 30 NovemberMatchday 6: 14 December

To clarify, group winners will go through to the round of 16, while runners-up will contest the knockout round play-offs against the third-placed sides from the Champions League.

Third-placed sides in each Europa League group will transfer to the Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs, where they will face the Europa Conference League group runners-up for places in the last 16.

Does that make sense? I hope so...