Arsenal celebrating easy Champions League draw
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CRISTIANO RONALDO could be heading back to Old Trafford when the Champions League draw is held in Monaco today.
For Spanish giants Real Madrid - Ron's new club - are ranked as second seeds in today's 5pm draw.
And that means they could be in the same group as Manchester United or ANY of the other English clubs.
Liverpool, Chelsea, United and Arsenal are all top eight rated teams with Barcelona, AC Milan, Seville and Bayern Munich.
But Madrid have dropped into the second tier after failing to go beyond the second-round for the past five years.
That makes them the side everyone wants to avoid after spending a staggering £200million this summer on ex-United star Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema.
Lyon, Inter, Juventus and Porto are also among the second seeds.
Seedings for the draw:
Top seeds:
Barcelona (Spa)
Chelsea (Eng)
Liverpool (Eng)
Man Utd (Eng)
AC Milan (Ita)
Arsenal (Eng)
Sevilla (Spa)
Bayern Munich (Ger)
POT TWO: Inter Milan (Ita), Lyon (Fra), Real Madrid (Spa), CSKA Moscow (Rus), Porto (Por), AZ Alkmaar (Hol), Juventus (Ita), Rangers (Sco)
POT THREE: Olympiakos (Gre), Marseille (Fra), Dinamo Kiev (Ukr), Stuttgart (Ger), Fiorentina (Ita), Atletico Madrid (Spa), Bordeaux (Fra), Besiktas (Tur)
POT FOUR: Wolfsburg (Ger), Standard Liege (Bel), Maccabi Haifa (Isr), FC Zurich (Swi), Rubin Kazan (Rus), Unirea Urziceni (Rom), APOEL Nicosia (Cyp), Debreceni (Hun)
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My ideal draw would be... From...
Pot 2: AZ Alkmaar or Rangers
Pot 3: Fiorentina or Stuttgart
Pot 4: FC Zurich or Debreceni
Hahaha... walk in the park for any of the top seeds...
NOMINEES FOR 2009 FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
Player Nationality Club League Age Michael Ballack 
Chelsea 
33 Gianluigi Buffon 
Juventus 31 Iker Casillas 
Real Madrid 28 Diego 
Juventus/Werder Bremen 24 Didier Drogba 
Chelsea 31 Michael Essien 
Chelsea 26 Samuel Eto'o 
Inter/Barcelona 28 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 29 Thierry Henry 
Barcelona 32 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 
Barcelona/Inter 28 Andres Iniesta Barcelona 25 Kaka Real Madrid/AC Milan 27 Frank Lampard Chelsea 31 Luis Fabiano Sevilla 28 Lionel Messi 
Barcelona 22 Carles Puyol Barcelona 31 Franck Ribery Bayern Munich 26 Cristiano Ronaldo 
Real Madrid/Man Utd 24 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 24 John Terry Chelsea 28 Fernando Torres Liverpool 25 David Villa Valencia 27 Xavi Barcelona 29 -
And tonight we'll also find out who's the footballer of the year, plus these other awards...
- UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year
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Petr ÄŒech (Chelsea FC)
Víctor Valdés (FC Barcelona)
Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United FC) - UEFA Club Defender of the Year
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Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona)
John Terry (Chelsea FC)
Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United FC) - UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year
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Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona)
Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona) - UEFA Club Forward of the Year
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Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
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Anyone knows whether starhub is broadcasting the draw live?
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starhub doesnt have the rights anymore
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Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:
Anyone knows whether starhub is broadcasting the draw live?
Welcome to Mio!
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Originally posted by Shao Wei:
Welcome to Mio!
Damn!
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Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:
Damn!
live streaming is your solution!
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any links?
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Sevilla ranked top 8 seeds?
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Got live here... First club out is Liverpool !
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=671038&sec=uefachampionsleague&cc=4716
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2nd is MAnU! grp B
Arsenal grp H? Group of Hell?
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Group A
Bayern Munich (Ger)
Juventus (Ita)
Group B
Man Utd (Eng)
CSKA Moscow (Rus)
Group C
AC Milan (Ita)
Real Madrid (Spa)
Group D
Chelsea (Eng)
Porto (Por)
Group E
Liverpool (Eng)
Lyon (Fra)
Group F
Barcelona (Spa)
Inter Milan (Ita)
Group G
Sevilla (Spa)
Rangers (Sco)
Group H
Arsenal (Eng)
AZ Alkmaar (Hol)
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Damm! Chelsea..... Grp D....
.... Grp of Death?
..And Barca came after that...... hmmm seems linked...to...
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Some fortune teller guy told me it will be the standings of the winning teams. Barca 1st again?
I told him BS!! According to fortune(RM incident) Chelsea already shld win it!
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VDS wins gk of the year award.
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John Terry gets Best Defender & draws Proto for Grp D!
RM will not face any England teams!
Ibra Vs Eto !
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Real vs Ac, Liverpool vs Lyon.
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Besiktas drawn into Utd's group
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Group A
Bayern Munich (Ger)
Juventus (Ita)
Bordeaux (Fra)
Group B
Man Utd (Eng)
CSKA Moscow (Rus)
Besiktas (Tur)
Group C
AC Milan (Ita)
Real Madrid (Spa)
Marseille (Fra)
Group D
Chelsea (Eng)
Porto (Por)
Atletico Madrid (Spa)
Group E
Liverpool (Eng)
Lyon (Fra)
Fiorentina (Ita)
Group F
Barcelona (Spa)
Inter Milan (Ita)
Dinamo Kiev (Ukr)
Group G
Sevilla (Spa)
Rangers (Sco)
Stuttgart (Ger)
Group H
Arsenal (Eng)
AZ Alkmaar (Hol)
Olympiakos (Gre)
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Xavi wins midfielder of the year.
Fiorentina into Liverpool's.
Bordeux into grp A.
Stuttgart grp G.
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Looks like on paper, the English teams have so far got the easier draws.
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Man Utd got it easy........