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Who Can Man United, Chelsea, Liverpool & Arsenal Draw In Champions League?

Defending champions Manchester United, last year’s beaten finalists Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal will learn their opponents for the last-16 round in the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League, on December 19.

The draw for the first knockout round will take place on December 19 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.

GROUP WINNERS / RUNNERS-UP
A AS Roma Chelsea
B Panathinaikos Inter Milan
C FC Barcelona Sporting Lisbon
D Liverpool Atletico Madrid
E Man United Villarreal
F Bayern Munich Olympique Lyonnais
G FC Porto Arsenal
H Juventus Real Madrid

Manchester United’s next opponent comes from the following teams:

Inter Milan
Sporting Lisbon
Atletico Madrid
Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid

Chelsea’s next opponent comes from the following teams:

Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona
Bayern Munich
FC Porto
Juventus

Arsenal’s next opponent comes from the following teams:

AS Roma
Panathinaikos
FC Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Juventus

Liverpool’s next opponent comes from the following teams:
Inter Milan
Sporting Lisbon
Villarreal
Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid

The first knock-out round games will be played on February 24/25 and March10/11.

 

 

Blow To Chelsea & Villarreal As AC Milan Snap Up Thiago Silva?

Reports in Italy have suggested that AC Milan have captured defender Thiago Silva from Fluminense.

The Brazilian international was said to be a target for Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Chelsea, while Spanish outfit Villarreal were believed to be the leaders in the chase of the 24-year-old not long ago.

However, the Mirror reports that Silva has reached a verbal agreement to move to the San Siro at the end of the season with a fee in the region of £8.5m said to be agreed between the two clubs.

Only on Tuesday, it had looked like Villarreal were set to sign Silva as his agent had claimed a favourable offer, but the mode of payment seem to have floored the proposed move.

Paulo Tonetto had told Marca: "The main obstacle is the method of payment. Otherwise we like the offer from Villarreal and so we will talk to their directors this week.”