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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of the draw for the Europa League Last 16. Premier League sides Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham are in the draw and will learn their fate. They can be drawn against each other in this stage of the competition.
- The draw took place today at midday from Nyon, Switzerland
- First legs will take place on Thursday March 10
- Second legs will follow exactly a week later on Thursday March 17
- Follow all of the latest from the draw here:
The clubs to have qualified for the last 16 are as follows (and take a deep breath, there’s quite a few illustrious names in here) …
Braga (Portugal)
Valencia (Spain)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Lazio (Italy)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Liverpool (England)
Manchester United (England)
Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Basel (Switzerland)
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Sevilla (Spain)
Villarreal (Spain)
Anderlecht (Belgium)
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his squad has enough strength in depth to compete for both domestic and continental honours after his side reached the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday.
Spurs advanced 4-1 on aggregate following an impressive 3-0 second leg win over Italian side Fiorentina and are second in the Premier League, two points behind leaders Leicester City with 12 games left.
"I think we have enough quality and a big enough squad that we can do both. Why prioritise one of them?" Pochettino, who saw his side get knocked out of the FA Cup by Crystal Palace last weekend, told British media.
"I think that we have to try to be competitive in every competition. We are happy in the way that we are and now I think we need to put all our energy into recovering our players and to feeling good for the next game."
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