Arsenal in no time soon will find out that they have to beat the opponent teams to reach the European Champions League group stage. Lottery will be conducted at the headquarters of European soccer's governing body, UEFA, in Nyon, Switzerland.
North London club who had been a finalist in 2006, is seeded qualifying round Champions League with Bayern Munich, Benfica, Lyon and Villarreal. From the financial aspect is very important for Arsenal to qualify for the group stage because if Arsenal Lost, They will add up to Euro 17.4 million to the purse.
While in terms of football is an achievement for Arsenal as one of the UK clubs, with Manchester United, which over the last 14 years has always competed in at least a Champions League group stage. But this time their opponents may be difficult. There is a possibility they meet Udinese of Italy or Rubin Kazan of Russia. Both are strong and experienced club at the European level.
Another possibility is to meet with the weaker clubs like FC Twente of the Netherlands, FC Zurich of Switzerland and Odense of Denmark. Meanwhile draw for the European League will take place after the Champions League qualifying draw. Tottenham, Birmingham, Rangers and Celtic are a few excellent for this league. The Other clubs participating, including Fulham, Stoke and Hearts who escaped from the qualifying round.
