• Tottenham in group with holders Internazionale
• Have your say on the Champions League draw

English clubs largely had reasons to be pleased with the draw for the Champions League group stages, which took place in Monaco this afternoon. Manchester United will travel to Scotland to take on Sir Alex Ferguson’s former club Rangers with Valencia and Turkish champions Bursaspor completing Group C.

Harry Redknapp’s Tottenham, who secured their first appearance in the Champions League group stage with yesterday’s 4-0 win over Young Boys, appear to have the trickiest assignment of the Premier League sides after they were drawn in Group A alongside holders Internazionale, now managed by Rafa Benítez, Werder Bremen and Dutch side FC Twente, who Steve McClaren led to the Eredivisie title last season.

Chelsea were matched with Marseille, Spartak Moscow and Slovakian champions MSK Zilinain in Group F. Arsenal appeared to have the most straightforward assignment after drawing Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Partizan Belgrade in Group H.

Group A

Inter Milan

Werder Bremen

Tottenham

FC Twente

Group B

Lyon

Benfica

Schalke 04

Hapoel Tel-Aviv

Group C

Manchester United

Valencia

Rangers

Bursaspor

Group D

Barcelona

Panathinaikos

FC Copenhagen

Rubin Kazan

Group E

Bayern Munich

Roma

Basle

CFR Cluj

Group F

Chelsea

Marseille

Spartak Moscow

MSK Zilina

Group G

AC Milan

Real Mardid

Ajax

Auxerre

Group H

Arsenal

Shakhtar Donestsk

Braga

FK Partizan

First round of fixtures will be played on the 14th and 15th September 2010

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It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for Football Weekly Extra. James Richardson is joined by Sean Ingle, Paolo Bandini and Rob Smyth to chew over the week’s events, including moves at Manchester City, Spurs’s whipping at the hands of Young Boys and that plastic pitch.

From Spain, Sid Lowe tells us about the presentation of Mesut Ozil – and, following details of new women’s toilets being installed at Camp Nou, the pod discus about whether men should be allowed to use them.

Elswhere Amy Lawrence looks into recent goings-on in French football, including Nicolas Anelka’s 18 match ban, and ponders why the top clubs are struggling at the start of the season. And there’s also more on the worst-ever debuts, your posts, a look ahead to some of the weekend’s fixtures – and AC Jimbo’s damning verdict on Sky’s Monday Night Football.

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