The first team out of the pot is Union Berlin.

They are drawn against group winner Union Saint-Gilloise.

Zoltan Gera, former Hungarian professional footballer and current Europa League ambassador, will be drawing the balls.

He says that he is enjoying this season’s tournament and that preparations are going well for the final which will be held in Budapest.

The main man for European draws, Giorgio Marchetti, is introduced to oversee today’s draw.

How the draw works is as follows. One side (seeded or unseeded) will be drawn from each pot, with seeded sides playing the return legs at home.

Clubs from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

Here we go then, it’s time for the Europa League last-16 draw. Here are all the teams that will feature in the latest knockout round:

Seeded: Arsenal (ENG), Betis (ESP), Fenerbahçe (TUR), Ferencváros (HUN), Feyenoord (NED), Freiburg (GER), Real Sociedad (ESP), Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)

Unseeded: Union Berlin (GER), Manchester United (ENG), Juventus (ITA), Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Roma (ITA), Sevilla (ESP), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Sporting CP (POR)

Manchester United have had 19 goals scored by substitutes this season, the most of any big five European league side.

Since making his Manchester United debut in February 2020, Bruno Fernandes (25 – 12 goals, 13 assists) is one of just five players to have been directly involved in 25 or more goals in major European competitions, alongside Robert Lewandowski (37), Kylian Mbappe (33), Karim Benzema (27) and Mohamed Salah (27).

The sudden death of John Motson – the BBC’s legendary football commentator – at the age of 77 on Thursday has prompted plenty of fond reminiscence around ‘Motty’s best moments, iconic quotes and most famous gaffes.

Anyone over a certain age, with at least a passing interest in football, can picture Motson in his sheepskin coat, lip mic thrust into his face and still hear his boyishly enthusiastic tones waxing lyrical about something happening on the pitch in front of him.

His endless supply of niche and almost arcane statistics, in an era where finding those stats was infinitely harder than just logging on to Wikipedia or doing a quick Google search, became his calling card.

He left an indelible mark on the UK sporting consciousness and most football fans will be able to recall at least one iconic Motty moment ­– for better or worse.

The Europa League final will take place at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary on 31st May 2023.

Only Marcus Rashford (17) has scored more goals for United at Old Trafford this season than Fred’s five.