Champions League and Europa League draws: All you have to know

Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

Four English groups will discover their potential course to the last of the Champions League when the quarter-last and semi-last draw happens on Friday at 11:00 GMT.

Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham could confront each other in the knockout stages.

Arms stockpile and Chelsea are in the Europa League quarter-last draw at 12:00 GMT.

It is the first run through in 48 years that England has had six quarter-finalists in significant European rivalries.

The other four groups in the Champions League draw are Spanish victors Barcelona, Dutch four-time champs Ajax, Italian bosses Juventus and Portuguese heroes Porto.

It is the first run through since 2009 that four English sides are in the last eight of the Champions League.

In Friday's draw, Uefa will likewise pick the 'home' and 'away' sides for the last at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano arena.

The last English side to win the challenge was Chelsea in 2012, in spite of the fact that Liverpool made the last season.

Manchester City and Manchester United can't play at home around the same time or back to back evenings and along these lines the group which completed lower in the Premier League last season - for this situation United - will be compelled to turn around the tie in the event that they both draw home legs first.

The last gathering between two English sides occurred last season when Liverpool thumped out Manchester City in the last eight.

The quarter-last first legs occur on 9 April and 10 April. The semi-finals begin on 30 April and 1 May before the last on Saturday, 1 June.

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