MANCHESTER UNITED could face a horror Champions League last 16 draw against Atletico Madrid or mega-rich Paris Saint-Germain.
The Red Devils won Group F after a 1-1 home draw with Young Boys on Wednesday night and focus has now switched to who they will play next.
Uefa rules state teams cannot draw clubs from their own country until the quarter-finals.
Nor can they face sides from their group in the last 16.
This rules out Villarreal or Atalanta – whichever one qualifies after their match was postponed because of snow on Wednesday.
And it also means all-Premier League clashes with Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool are off the cards for now.
Having come top of their group, Ralf Rangnick’s men are in a pot with the other group winners and can only be drawn against runners up.
But that doesn’t mean they’ll avoid some of Europe’s biggest clubs.
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PSG came second to Man City in Group A while Atletico came a distant second to Liverpool in Group B.
Sporting finished behind Dutch champions Ajax in Group C while Inter fell five points short of Real Madrid in Group D.
Portuguese giants Benfica ended up a whopping ten points behind Bayern Munich in Group E.
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But they pipped crisis-hit Barcelona to second spot with ‘p***** off Xavi’ blasting his flops after they dropped into the Europa League.
Austrian outfit RB Salzburg are the last team the Red Devils could face after they came second between table-toppers Lille and third-placed Sevilla in Group G.
The draw is being made in Switzerland at 11am UK time on Monday.
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