Manchester United's Europa League nightmare

Manchester United face the unenviable prospect of a 6,000-mile round trip to Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan to face Astana in their Europa League group.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have also been paired with Partizan Belgrade of Serbia and Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.

Arsenal have drawn Germans Eintracht Frankfurt, Belgians Standard Liege and Portuguese club Vitoria.

Wolves pulled out Besiktas of Turkey, Portuguese club Braga and Slovakians Slovan Bratislava.

Scottish champions Celtic are with Lazio, Rennes and Cluj. The Romanians eliminated Celtic in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

Rangers were placed into Group G alongside Porto, Young Boys Bern and Feyenoord.

The marathon trip to Kazakhstan's capital city Nur-Sultan to take on Astana is far from ideal for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team amid a hectic autumn domestic schedule.

It is, however, the first time United have played in the country so will be a relatively attractive destination for United's hardcore supporters despite the distance and 6.5-hour flight time.





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