
Newcastle will play against Qarabag in their Champions League play-off round tie.
They’ll meet over two legs to fight for a place in the last-16 of the competition – with the first leg taking place in Azerbaijan.
Real Madrid have been drawn against Jose Mourinho’s Benfica, who they lost to in the final round of league phase fixtures earlier this week.
Holders PSG will face Monaco while Bodo/Glimt will provide the opposition for last year’s beaten finalists Inter.
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Nottingham Forest face a tough trip to Turkey to take on Fenerbahce in the Europa League play-offs.
Celtic will go up against German side Stuttgart for a place in the last-16.
If they both progress in the competition, Forest and Celtic could meet at the quarter-final stage.
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Fulham have completed the signing of winger Oscar Bobb from Manchester City.
He’s agreed a five-and-a-half year contract at Craven Cottage in a deal worth 27-million-euro.
Bobb played 47 times for City after coming through the youth team.
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Everton manager David Moyes says Jack Grealish will “probably” need surgery on a foot fracture which is likely to rule him out for the rest of the season.
Grealish has been on loan on Merseyside from Manchester City this season as he attempts to nail down a place in England’s World Cup squad.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot says Jeremie Frimpong’s muscle injury is not as bad as first feared.
The defender was taken off only two minutes into his side’s win over Qarabag in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Slot says Frimpong will be out ‘for a few weeks’.
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Arsenal’s teenage midfielder Max Dowman has signed a pre-contract agreement with the Premier League leaders that will see him turn professional in December when he turns 17.
Dowman was Arsenal’s youngest ever first team starter at the age of 15 when he featured against Brighton in the League Cup last October.








