Stefan Effenberg is amazed the Bundesliga champions are considering selling the World Cup-winning defender and has encouraged him to head to Ligue 1

Jerome Boateng should join Paris Saint-Germain if Bayern Munich have truly decided they do not want to keep him, according to former club captain Stefan Effenberg.

Boateng has been heavily tipped to leave the Bundesliga champions in recent weeks, with Manchester United said to have been interested before the window for signings for Premier League clubs closed on Thursday.

PSG are another team to have been linked with the 29-year-old, although Bayern head coach Niko Kovac has made it clear he would like him to stay.

Effenberg is bemused as to why Bayern would want to part with Boateng but has encouraged him to consider joining PSG as they represent a good chance for him to win the Champions League.

“Personally, I can’t understand giving up such a great, experienced player. There can’t be any sporting reasons,” he told Bild am Sonntag.

“There was no commitment from the club for him. Despite his injury problems, for me, he’s one of the best in the league.

“If I were his advisor, I would advise him to move to Paris, where he’s welcome and would be able to win the Champions League.”

Effenberg does not think Boateng’s situation compares with that of Robert Lewandowski, however.

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The striker’s agent said in May that he wanted a new challenge and a move to Real Madrid was mooted, although it is looking increasingly likely Lewandowski will stay at the Allianz Arena.

Effenberg, though, thinks it is a risk to start the season with a player who openly wants to leave.

“If a player desperately wants to go, you have to let him,” said the former Germany star.

“Taking a dissatisfied player into the new season is risky.”

The Reds striker won a spot-kick in contentious circumstances late in the first-half against Crystal Palace, which James Milner duly scored

Jamie Carragher has defended the decision to award Liverpool striker Mo Salah a controversial penalty as the Reds faced Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

The Egypt international won a spot-kick following a challenge from Mamadou Sakho late in the first half, which James Milner duly scored to give the visitors a 1-0 lead heading into the break.

Replays proved inconclusive as to whether Salah dived to convince referee Michael Oliver, but former Anfield favourite Carragher believed that the FWA Footballer of the Year did not attempt to con the officials.

“He could stay up, but why would he?” the 40-year-old said on Sky Sports. “Sakho is too tight.

“I don’t think Salah is looking for it. He’s thinking I’m going to shoot, but I don’t think he’s used the opponent to go down.”

Carragher’s fellow pundit Gary Neville mostly concurred, adding: “It’s a mistake by Sakho. It’s clumsy, he’s too late. But it is a theatrical fall, which we see a lot of players do.

“The ref’s view is perfect. There’s no doubt in Michael Oliver’s mind.”

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The advice of two former Roma players weighed heavy on the 32-year-old Estonian as he prepares to make his presence felt in Sardinia

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Former Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan has revealed that the counsel of Mohamed Salah and Alisson was vital in his decision to swap Anfield for Cagliari. 

The Estonia international played only an intermittent role in Liverpool’s 2018-19 exploits, with the arrival of Virgil van Dijk pushing him further down the pecking order in January. 

Klavan made a total of 28 appearances over the course of the season as Jurgen Klopp’s men battled to a fourth-placed Premier League finish as well as a spot in the Champions League final. 

And he is now preparing for a new challenge in Serie A after moving to Sardinia-based Cagliari in a £2 million move, two years after signing from Augsburg. 

Liverpool’s squad contains plenty of players with experience in Italy’s top flight, and Klavan has confirmed that their recommendation pushed him towards Italy. 

“I had offers from several teams, including in other countries, but Cagliari really wanted me,” he explained to Sky Sport Italia.

“Darijo Srna advised me to come here, as I talked to him via Dejan Lovren. Other Liverpool teammates like Alisson, Salah and Lucas Leiva all spoke highly of Serie A.

“I’m certain we’ll do great things here and I am really fired up. The city is wonderful and so are the fans, I can’t wait to get started.”

Klavan, who has made more than 500 appearances during a career that has taken in spells in Germany, Netherlands, Norway and England as well as his native Estonia, is now tasked with cementing Cagliari’s place amongst Italy’s elite after the Sardinians narrowly avoided relegation from Serie A last season, finishing four points clear of 18th-placed Crotone to assure survival.

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The Rossoneri have snapped up the winger from the Yellow Submarine and sent the striker in the opposite direction, while Laxalt joins from Genoa

Samu Castillejo has completed his switch to AC Milan from Villarreal, with Carlos Bacca moving to the Spanish side on a permanent deal.

Milan have been linked with a move for Spanish winger Castillejo throughout the transfer window and announced his arrival via their official website.

Castillejo joined Villarreal from Malaga ahead of the 2015-16 season and the 23-year-old has made 91 LaLiga appearances and scored nine goals for the club.

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It has been a busy transfer window for the Rossoneri, who also signed versatile left-sider Diego Laxalt on Friday.

The duo join the likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Mattia Caldara and Tiemoue Bakayoko in moving to San Siro during the transfer window, but Milan have moved to rule out an audacious swoop for Lazio’s much sought after midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic on an initial €40million loan ahead of a permanent switch.

Meanwhile, Bacca has left Milan permanently for Villarreal on a four-year deal.

The Colombia striker spent the 2017-18 campaign on loan with the club, scoring 15 goals in 35 LaLiga appearances.

Bacca moved to Milan amid much fanfare prior to the 2015-16 campaign and netted 31 times in Serie A for Milan.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kate Drohan, head coach at Northwestern, was elected the new NFCA President and is one of six members who were voted to the NFCA’s Board of Directors for 2020, the Association announced on Thursday. The six coaches will officially begin their three-year tenures January 1, 2020.

Additionally, the NFCA announced its new committee members for 2020, who are listed at the end of the press release. Please note the complete High School All-America Committee will be determined at a later date.

Joining Drohan on the Executive Board is Purdue head coach Boo De Oliveira as the Vice President for Playing Rules, while the other four – Luther head coach Renae Hartl (NCAA DIII), Georgia Gwinnett head coach Kat Ihlenburg (NAIA), LSU’s Lindsay Leftwich (Assistant Coach), and St. Mary’s (N.J.) head coach Joelle Della Volpe (High School) – will be the representatives for their respective membership groups. 

For Ihlenburg, Leftwich and Della Volpe, it is their first board appointment, while Drohan (2^nd Vice President), De Oliveira (Vice President for Membership) are returning to the Executive Board and Hartl, who served two years as the DIII rep, continues her service with a new three-year appointment. Leftwich takes over the role held by Texas Tech’s Sam Marder, who was promoted to associate head coach during last year’s voting process. She will serve out the final two years of the term and be eligible for re-election. 

Additionally, Tennessee co-head coach Karen Weekly will move into the Past President role following her three-year stint as the Association’s President.

Returning to the Executive Board are Vice President for Awards Pat Conlan (Georgetown), Vice President for Membership Todd Buckingham (Saginaw Valley State), Vice President for Education Heather Tarr (Washington) and Vice President for Publications Larissa Anderson (Missouri).

Group representatives continuing their terms are Southern Illinois’ Kerri Blaylock (NCAA DI), Augustana’s Gretta Melsted (NCAA DII), Rock Valley’s Darin Monroe (NJCAA), Sierra’s Darci Brownell (Cal JC), Southwestern Oregon’s Megan Corriea (NWAC), Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Robin Baker (Assistant Coach), Texas Glory’s Kevin Shelton (Travel Ball) and Sheilah Gulas (Emeriti).

Kate Drohan (Head Coach, Northwestern) – President

Entering her 19th season at Northwestern’s helm, head coach Kate Drohan has built the Wildcats into a perennial power, winning a pair of Big Ten Championships and making back-to-back Women’s College World Series semifinal appearances, which included a national runner-up finish in 2006. In 2019, she steered Northwestern to a 47-13 mark and back to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time since 2008. 

After 18 seasons, Drohan has amassed a career record of 617-358-1, earning her 600^thcareer victory on April 9 against Notre Dame. Her record includes an incredible five-year stretch from 2005-09 in which NU compiled a combined record of 215-77, reached the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament four times, finished 2006 ranked No. 2 nationally and became the first private school in NCAA history to advance to the WCWS semifinals in consecutive years (2006-07). 

Boo De Oliveira (Head Coach, Purdue) – Vice President, Playing Rules

Boo De Oliveira enters her fourth season at the helm of Purdue Softball, returning to the program where she was an assistant coach from 2007-10. She guided the 2019 Boilermaker squad to 34 wins, a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal appearance and a berth into the National Invitational Softball Championship.

In addition to Purdue, De Oliveira served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Arkansas, Arizona State and North Carolina. De Oliveira began her coaching career at Division III Edgewood College in 2006, followed by the head coaching role at Madison Area Technical College at the NJCAA level in 2007. At Edgewood, she was part of the LMC Coaching Staff of the Year that helped the program to 30 wins and the first undefeated season (16-0) in conference history. De Oliveira revived a dormant program at Madison and led the WolfPack to a top-10 national ranking with the help of two NJCAA All-Americans.

Renae Hartl (Head Coach, Luther) – NCAA Division III Representative

Renae Hartl is entering her 19^thseason as the Norse’s head coach and has also served as Luther’s athletic director since July 2015. In 18 seasons, Hartl has posted a career record of 587-192 (.754). She has guided the Norse to 11 NCAA Division III Tournament appearances in the last 13 years, including five National Championship Finals since 2010, recording a third-place showing in 2018, fifth-place finishes in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and seventh in 2011.

The five-time Iowa Conference Coach of the Year has led the Norse to six regular-season Iowa Conference titles and seven tournament crowns. Collectively, she has coached 23 NFCA All-Americans, 79 NFCA Midwest Region selections, 86 all-conference honorees, four Iowa Conference MVPs and three league pitchers of the year.

Kat Ihlenburg (Head Coach, Georgia Gwinnett) – NAIA Representative

The only head coach of the Georgia Gwinnett College softball program, Kat Ihlenburg has developed the Grizzlies into a championship squad built upon toughness, character and a devotion to its community. The five-time Association of Independent (A.I.I.) Institutions Coach of the Year led Georgia Gwinnett to consecutive NAIA World Series in 2018 and 2019, the first two appearances in program history.

She has steered the Grizzlies to four A.I.I. conference championships, five NAIA tournament bids, and recognition as the NAIA Champions of Character team award winner. Ihlenburg has totaled a 286-102-2 (.736) record and recorded back-to-back 50-win seasons in 2017 and 2018. The 2019 squad featured a national semifinal appearance with a win over No. 2 Marian (Ind.), 45 victories and a sweep of the NAIA Opening Round Bracket.

Joelle Della Volpe (Head Coach, St. Mary’s High School [N.J.] )– High School Representative

Joelle Della Volpe, who currently serves as the East Region chair on the NFCA’s High School All-America Committee, has been the head coach at St. Mary’s High School in Rutherford, N.J., the past four seasons. She came to St. Mary’s from Hackensack High School, where she steered the Comets’ program from 2006 to 2015, earning Coach of the Year honors in 2012. Prior to taking over the reigns at Hackensack, she spent 2005 and 2006 on the Dominican College staff as an assistant coach. 

Della Volpe entered the coaching ranks in 2002 as the head junior varsity coach at Belleville High School (2002-05) and also served on the Rutgers-Newark staff, her first collegiate posting, from 2003 to 2004. In addition to her coaching duties, she serves as the CEO of sources4coaches, a free mentoring program offered to rookie coaches.

Lindsay Leftwich (Assistant Coach, LSU) – Assistant Coach Representative

Lindsay Leftwich embarks on her eighth season as an assistant coach at LSU. She is involved with all aspects of the program which include defense, hitting, recruiting, video scouting and camps. The former Northwestern State standout has been with Beth Torina for every step of her 11-year head coaching career which includes LSU’s run to the 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017 Women’s College World Series.

Before coming to LSU, Leftwich spent four seasons as Torina’s top assistant at Florida International. The Golden Panthers collected 14 All-Sun Belt selections highlighted by a sweep of the league’s 2010 postseason awards where Kasey Barrett picked up the Sun Belt’s Pitcher of the Year, Ashley McClain notched Sun Belt Player of the Year and Brie Rojas secured Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. McClain also came away with NFCA All-South Region First-Team honors in 2010 and 2011.

2020 NFCA Board of Directors (Effective Jan. 1, 2020)
Bold denotes new members

Executive Board
President – Kate Drohan, Northwestern University
Past President – Karen Weekly, University of Tennessee
Vice President, Awards – Pat Conlan, Georgetown University
Vice President, Membership – Todd Buckingham, Saginaw Valley State University
Vice President, Education – Heather Tarr, University of Washington
Vice President, Publications – Larissa Anderson, University of Missouri
Vice President, Playing Rules – Boo De Oliveira, Purdue University

Group Representatives
Division I – Kerri Blaylock, Southern Illinois University
Division II – Gretta Melsted, Augustana University
Division III – Renae Hartl, Luther College
Assistant Coach – Lindsay Leftwich, Louisiana State University
Assistant Coach – Robin Baker, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
NAIA – Kat Ihlenburg, Georgia Gwinnett College
NJCAA – Darin Monroe, Rock Valley College
Cal JC – Darci Brownell, Sierra College
NWAC – Megan Corriea, Southwestern Oregon Community College
High School – Joelle Della Volpe, St. Mary’s High School (N.J.)
Travel Ball – Kevin Shelton, Texas Glory
Emeriti – Sheilah Gulas, Ashland University (ret.)

New Committee Members (Effective Jan. 1, 2020)

NCAA DI All-American – Jennifer Teague (Columbia), Donna J. Papa (North Carolina)
NCAA DII All-American – Travis Scott (Angelo State)
NCAA DIII All-American – Brad Posner (Susquehanna), Josie Henry (Case Western Reserve), Meghan Roman (Illinois College), Jamie Mueller (Wartburg), Diana Pepin (Eastern Connecticut State), Janae Shirley (ETBU)
NAIA All All-American – Mark Skapin (Cottey College)
NJCAA DI All-American – Dale Atkinson (Indian River CC)
NJCAA DII All-American – Dan Gratz (North Iowa Area CC), Lana Ross (Kansas City Kansas CC)
NJCAA DIII All-American – Stacy Johnson (Corning CC)
High School All-American – Ken Conrade (Kellenberg Memorial [N.Y.]), Deborah Schwartz (Donovan Catholic [N.J.]), Michael Teshkoyan (Caldwell [N.J.]), Kent Christian (Badger-Greenbush-Middle River [Minn.]), Mitch Wilkins (Land O’ Lakes [Fla.]), Wade Womack (Dripping Springs [Texas]), Jim Brown (Raymore-Peculiar [Mo.]), Eric Weisgerber (Southridge [Wash.])
Awards – Benet Higgs (Stony Brook), Brittany Bennett (UNC Pembroke), Sara Curran-Headley (SUNY Oneonta), Karen Baird (Lawrence Tech), Chris Robinson (Jones College), LeeAnn Taylor (San Diego City College), A.J. Robinson (The Factory Fastpitch Club [Calif.])
Ethics – Frank Contreras (Maryvale HS [Ariz.]), Karen Johns (USA Softball), Sara Michalowski-Marino (Missouri), Chip Reitano (Camden CC), Christina Sutcliffe (Northern Illinois)
Events – Jennifer Patrick-Swift (North Carolina State), Brenna Morrissey (Boston University), Jill Harvey (Sparks [Ill.])
Hall of Fame – Stephanie Bagwell (Francis Marion), Lee Dobbins (University of the Southwest), Kent Christian (Badger-Greenbush-Middle River HS [Minn.]), Kevin Shelton (Texas Glory)
Mentoring – Alicia Abbott (Loyola Chicago), Miguel Justiniano Jr. (Fayetteville Technical CC), Mark Petryniec (Huntley HS [Ill.]), Shawn Hammernik (Whitnall Rage [Wis.])
Playing Rules – Les Novak (Affiliate Umpire [Minn.])
Publications – Joshua Johnson (Mississippi State), Lauren Ebstein (Tufts), Devin Bennett (Cerro Coso CC)

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The Galaxy striker took his tally to 499 goals as his side drew 1-1 against city rivals Los Angeles FC on Friday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic moved a step closer to his 500th career goal in LA Galaxy’s derby draw, while Atlanta United star Josef Martinez made history in MLS.

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Former Sweden captain Ibrahimovic took his tally to 499 as the Galaxy drew 1-1 against city rivals Los Angeles FC on Friday.

In a career including spells with Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, AC Milan, Barcelona, Inter and Juventus, Ibrahimovic opened the scoring after 15 minutes at Stubhub Center.

The 36-year-old appeared to poke the ball over the line but the referee did not award the goal, until a video review overturned the decision.

However, the Galaxy were unable to hold on to the lead as their winless run extended to five games following Carlos Vela’s equalizer from the spot six minutes into the second half.

The result left the Galaxy fifth in the Western Conference and five points adrift of second-placed LAFC.

Martinez, meanwhile, broke the league’s regular-season scoring record with his 28th goal of the campaign.

The Venezuela international netted the match-winning strike in Atlanta’s 2-1 victory over Orlando City.

Martinez surpassed the achievements of Bradley Wright-Phillips (2014), Chris Wondolowski (2012) and Roy Lassiter (1996) with his 74th-minute strike in Orlando.

Orlando’s Scott Sutter had cancelled out Leandro Gonzalez Pirez’s opener before half-time.

The win sent Eastern Conference and Supporters’ Shield leaders Atlanta five points clear atop the standings amid their seven-match unbeaten streak with eight regular-season games remaining.

Champions Real Madrid will be confident of topping the group but it’s a different story for Premier League sides Liverpool and Manchester United

This is going to be a far from straightforward season for Real Madrid and new coach Julen Lopetegui. The club as a whole are still reeling from the summer departures of Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The squad has not been strengthened to such an extent that you would feel confident of predicting that Real are about to land a fourth consecutive European title. But they have avoided a group-of-death situation in the Champions League draw and should have a straightforward path to the knockouts.

Last season they did not get going until the last 16 and struggled in a group containing Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund. There is no team to match that kind of quality here, with a patchy Roma set to provide the sternest test.

Russian runners-up CSKA Moscow are not a Champions League-standard team and Viktoria Plzen – although experienced at the group-stage level – will be easily swatted aside.

It should be a gentle introduction to the pressure of coaching Real in Europe’s elite cup competition for Lopetegui, and a chance for Gareth Bale and Mariano Diaz to set about replacing the goals of Cristiano.

Team Ronaldo was rightly miffed about their player missing out on the UEFA Best Player Award but the man himself will be delighted at the prospect of adding to his 120 Champions League goals in the group stage for his new club Juventus.

A decision was made late in the day not to attend the gala at the Grimaldi Forum, according to Juve CEO Beppe Marotta, and the suspicion is that Ronaldo backed out because he lost his best player award to ex-team mate Luka Modric.

Agent Jorge Mendes seemed to confirm as much when declaring that the choice was “ridiculous”, considering Ronaldo’s 17 Champions League goals last season.

Nothing motivates Ronaldo like individual success, however, and he will be very keen to correct that perceived injustice this season.

He was signed by the Scudetto holders very much with the Champions League in mind and he will have plenty of opportunities to add to his goal-scoring total.

Valencia have been fruitful opposition for Ronaldo in La Liga and will hold no fear for him. Young Boys will be playing in their first-ever Champions League group stage and are the kind of fodder Ronaldo excels against.

Then come Manchester United – where he made his name and won the competition for the first time – and Jose Mourinho – his former manager at Real.

It’s well-known that the two endured uneasy relations during Mourinho’s final days at the Bernabeu and Ronaldo will be relishing the chance to show the ‘Special One’ he’s still got it.

A return to Old Trafford will see him received warmly where the fans remember his Ballon d’Or-winning form and might even wish their club had gone back in for him this summer.

Manchester City as reigning Premier League champions and, two years into the Pep Guardiola era, should now be thinking about European glory.

Their squad is strong enough – and has enough experience – to go all the way. No team in the Champions League can match their strength in depth, the injury to Kevin De Bruyne notwithstanding.

Considering the calibre of team they could have been drawn alongside, Guardiola’s men have done as well as could be hoped for.

Shakhtar Donetsk are well known, having played against City in this competition last season. They did well to hold onto highly-regarded coach Paulo Fonseca in summer but were weakened by the loss of Fred to Manchester United.

Lyon might well be possessed of some of the best young talent French football has to offer in Lucas Tousart, Houssem Aouar and Tanguy Ndombele but are prone to inconsistency.

Hoffenheim finished third in a pretty ordinary Bundesliga last season and should be no match for City’s firepower.

Guardiola should be targeting maximum points, or very close to that total.

The sight of Sergio Ramos patronisingly touching Mohamed Salah on his shoulder shortly after claiming UEFA’s Best Defender award will have stuck in the craw of Liverpool supporters and they won’t be feeling too hot having seen the draw either. 

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was pulling no punches when summing up his side’s upcoming Champions League campaign.

“To be 100 per cent honest, it was not that I had a group I wished for,” he said. “I expected a difficult group, we have a difficult group and that’s what the Champions League is all about.”

While the Reds are coming into the competition this season as beaten finalists, they will nonetheless consider themselves only second favourites for the group behind Paris St-Germain.

Napoli, with their new coach Carlo Ancelotti, are sharks in the water and their San Paolo stadium has long been regarded as a difficult European venue.

Red Star Belgrade will make up the numbers but no slip-ups can be tolerated against them either.

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The Reds were quite fortunate in their Champions League draw last season and carried on serenely to the knockouts. But they have had no such luck this time around.

PSG with Neymar and Mbappe will be expecting to win the whole thing outright, while three-time winner Ancelotti is Mr. Champions League.

The manner in which Jose Mourinho set up Manchester United to face Sevilla over two legs last season tells you plenty about where he sees his team.

His rant in the aftermath – about United’s recent Champions League “heritage” – demonstrated that he doesn’t believe he can compete for the major prizes with these players.

Valencia did well to end up fourth in a competitive La Liga last season and although they have started the season indifferently, Los Che will be a tough prospect under Marcelino once all their new signings settle in.

How Mourinho approaches the two Valencia games will be vital as it will show whether or not he wants to play on the front foot or else sit back and hope for chances on the break. If United don’t win two games against the Spaniards, then they don’t have a prayer of topping the group.

That’s because there is the small matter of Juventus and Cristiano Ronado. The Italians are aggrieved about their exit to Real Madrid last year and now fortified by their signing of Ronaldo will be going all out for the title.

They are favourites in this group, with United and Valencia scrapping for second. Young Boys are a long way back.

Back on top in the Netherlands and having come through a tough qualification campaign, PSV nonetheless got no mercy in the group stage draw.

Hirving Lozano and Co. will have to do it the hard way if they are to make it to the knockouts. They have been drawn alongside one of the favourites in Barcelona – and Lionel Messi – and if that wasn’t enough they were given a strong Tottenham team from Pot 2.

Inter were the team to avoid from Pot 4, meanwhile, and they ended up with the Dutch side also.

All in all, PSV could not have faced any worse an outcome and will be hoping for a Europa League place at best.

With the play-off fixtures of the Europa League done, Goal rounds up all you need to know about the upcoming group stage draw

This year’s Europa League  group stage is set to begin soon, with the playoffs coming to a conclusion. 

Defending champions Atletico Madrid will not be participating in the group stage, as they secured qualification for the Champions League. 

But this year’s edition of the Europa League will see the involvement of major Premier League clubs Arsenal and Chelsea.

Goal brings you everything you need to know about the Europa League group stage draw, including when and where it takes place, how to watch it live for free and more.

This year’s Europa League group stage draw will determine the 48 teams who will compete in the group stage, drawn into 12 separate groups with the top two from each group making up the 32 teams that will make up the knockout phases of the tournament.

Those who will be involved in the draw will be made up of the 17 teams who automatically qualified for this stage, the 21 teams advancing from the play-off round, the six teams defeated from the Champions League play-off round and the four teams defeated in the Champions League third qualifying round league path.

Confirmed clubs such as Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Villarreal, Anderlecht, Lazio, Sporting CP, Marseille, and AC Milan will be involved in the draw. You can view a complete guide to the Europa League here .

This year’s Europa League group stage draw will take place on August 31 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, one day after the draw for the Champions League.

Goal , as official digital broadcaster in SouthEast Asia, will be live streaming the UEFA Europa League group stage draw game to its users. The event is being streamed free of charge to Goal users from 7pm Singapore Time on August 31st (Friday) in the following countries: 

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The Catalan is working hard to ward off complacency after his side claimed the Premier League title in record-breaking fashion last season

Pep Guardiola has introduced a new set of fines in a bid to keep his Manchester City players on their toes, Goal understands.

Guardiola has been ramming home the dangers of complacency during team meetings since the start of the season.

While coach at Barcelona and Bayern Munich he suffered some shock results in the first weeks of his respective clubs’ title defences, including a 2-0 Camp Nou defeat to Hercules in 2010 and two draws from four games in 2011. At Bayern in 2014 his champions failed to win two of their first four matches.

City have won three and drawn one of their first four games of the campaign and Guardiola, who has ruled out another 100-point season, has charged his side with being more consistent.

He also wants them to be more resilient in the face of set-backs in big matches, such as the high-profile defeats to Liverpool and Manchester United in April.

As part of his drive to focus minds, Guardiola has taken steps to improve behaviour around the training ground.

The Catalan has banned the use of mobile phones in analysis sessions and team meetings at the club’s City Football Academy, although players are allowed to use their phones inside the dressing room. 

Left-back Benjamin Mendy has vowed not to use his phone in the dressing room, however, after Guardiola warned him publicly to spend less time on social media and focus more on his football.

Mendy was also fined for turning up late to training ahead of the start of the season, another example of the sanctions handed out to the City squad.

Previous fines at City had been charged as a percentage of a player’s salary, but are now pre-arranged, flat fees and do not differ depending on a player’s earnings or stature in the squad.

Guardiola’s desire to keep his squad in line also played a role in Leroy Sane being dropped from the City side to face Newcastle on Saturday.

Sources have told Goal that the Germany winger’s focus has been questioned by Guardiola and his coaching staff in recent weeks, although the City boss had publicly stated that he has no problems in that area.

Guardiola is no stranger to handing out sanctions, having started in his first season as a coach back in 2008.

Then, his Barca B players were fined for being late, for being sent off, for staying out past 11pm and when Guardiola deemed they were not working hard enough in training.

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