The draw for the play-off round of this season's Europa League has been conducted in Nyon this lunchtime, meaning Manchester United and their European rivals have discovered who they will face.
The draw at this stage of the competition featured the eight clubs that finished as runners-up in their respective Europa League groups and the eight clubs that finished third in their Champions League groups. That meant that the likes of Barcelona and Juventus dropped into the competition.
The eight winners of these eight play-off ties will progress to the last 16 of the Europa League, meaning failure to win these two-legged ties will result in their European adventures for this season drawing to a close.
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United, who narrowly missed out on an automatic place in the last 16, missing out on top spot in Group E by just one goal, have been handed the task of getting past Spanish giants Barcelona in the tie of the round. United will travel to Camp Nou for the first leg before welcoming the La Liga heavyweights to Old Trafford for the reverse fixture.
Juventus, who were the other big-name club to crash out of the Champions League, will face French outfit FC Nantes. Elsewhere, Erik ten Hag's former club Ajax will go head-to-head with German club Union Berlin.
Europa League knockout play-off round draw in full:
Barcelona vs Manchester United
Juventus vs FC Nantes
Sporting Lisbon vs FC Midtjylland
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Stade Rennais
Ajax vs Union Berlin
Bayer Leverkusen vs AS Monaco
Sevilla vs PSV Eindhoven
FC Salzburg vs AS Roma
The first legs will take place on Thursday, February 16, with the reverse fixtures taking place the following week.
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