West Ham discover Europa Conference League last 16 opponents

Match Eight

Another Belgian side, Gent.

They'll meet Istanbul Basaksehir.

Gent vs Istanbul Basaksehir

Match Seven

It's the Belgian big name of Anderlecht out here.

And they'll head west to meet Villarreal, the 2021 Europa League winners and 2022 Champions League semi-finalists.

Tough task for the Belgians.

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Anderlecht vs Villarreal

Match Six

Sheriff vs Nice.

Aaron Ramsey, Ross Barkley, big Jim Ratcliffe's club.

Match Five

Basel vs Slovan Bratislava

Big chance for Slovan because Basel really aren't very good this season.

Match Four

Lech Poznań vs Djurgardens

Both will be happy with this draw seeing it as a real chance to progress to the last eight.

Match Three

Maurizio Sarri's Lazio are out the hat.

And it's a tasty test against Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.

Lazio vs AZ Alkmaar

Match Two

Fiorentina vs Sivasspor.

Italy vs Turkey.

West Ham learn fate!

AEK Larnaca are out first, the Cypriot side.

They'll meet West Ham United!

AEK Larnaca vs West Ham United

DRAW TIME!

Right then.

Game on.

Let's get involved shall we!

Fixture No.1 coming up...

Dragging it out a little longer

Tobias Hedtstuck is back.

UEFA's head of...well who knows.

Job titles for all sorts these lads.

Anyway, he's explaining how there are two pots for seeded and unseeded teams and that a ball from each will be picked., but there's another bowl because teams from same nations can't play.

It sounds super hard. *Rolls eyes*.

Giorgio's back

In case you didn't get enough of Mr. Marchetti earlier, he's back for this draw.

And he's got a former Liverpool star in tow to help: Vladimir Smicer.

A UEFA Cup and Champions League winner while at Anfield.

He's the UEFA Conference League Ambassador this year.

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Here we go!

OK the ceremony for this one is underway in Nyon.

Pedro Pinto is talking once more, paying a little tribute to Basel.

Why them? Not a clue. Just happy they're still int he competition it seems.

Anyway, expect the usual UEFA mishmash of pointlessness before we get underway.

West Ham's great record.

West Ham United topped Group B with a record six wins out of six back in November.

They did the double over Silkeborg of Denmark, Anderlecht of Belgium and Steaua Bucharest of Romania to collect 18 perfect points – becoming the first club in the competition’s two-year history to do so.

100 clubs started in this competition and now we're down to 16. Can the Hammers be winners?

Europa Conference League Unseeded Sides

Europa Conference League Seeded Sides

Eight teams who won their groups. Villarreal the big name here, but obviously, Unai Emery has since departed.

• West Ham United (ENG)
• Nice (FRA)
• AZ (NED)
• Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
• Villarreal (ESP)
• Djurgardens IF (SWE)
• Istanbul Basaksehir (TUR)
• Sivasspor (TUR)

Right then, Europa Conference League next...

So the Europa League is done. Long live the Europa League.

But next up from the not-so-fictional town of Nyon, is the Europa Conference League draw.

West Ham are involved. They'll be hoping for a nice draw to offer a happy distraction away from their Premier League struggles.

David Moyes is under pressure at West Ham (Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself

Manchester United vs Barcelona produced fireworks.

United vs Real Betis, an exciting, technical side, could hopefully produce similar.

However, Manuel Pellegrini's record in European competitions against United doesn't bode well two wonderful matches.

Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself.

One you might have missed

Good spot from BT Sport (credit where due).

Arsenal vs Sporting means Hector Bellerin takes on his old club.

He joined the Portuguese side last month after struggling at Barcelona, in desperate need of minutes.

You'd think he'll get a fine reaction at the Emirates.

All Eight Fixtures in the Last 16

• Union Berlin vs Union SG
• Sevilla vs Fenerbache
• Juventus vs Freiburg
• Bayer Leverkusen vs Ferencvaros
• Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal
• Manchester United vs Real Betis
• Roma vs Real Sociedad
• Shakhtar Donetsk vs Feyenoord

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Europa League Last 16 Draw in FULL

Manchester United will face another Spanish clash in the Europa league last 16, as Erik ten Hag's men face off against Real Betis and a familiar face in ex-Man City and West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini.

Arsenal will head to Portugal, with Mikel Arteta's side having been paired with Sporting Lisbon - the Portuguese side having fallen out of a Champions League group that contained Tottenham.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag (PA Wire/PA Images)

Match Eight

And finally:

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Feyenoord.

Match Seven

Jose Mourinho's Roma are out.

And they'll meet David Silva's Real Sociedad!

Roma vs Real Sociedad.

Manchester United learn opponents

And it's Manchester United out next.

And it's another Spanish sojourn!

Manchester United vs Real Betis

Arsenal will face Sporting

Sporting Lisbon are out first.

And it's Arsenal!

The Gunners are off to Portugal.

Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal

Match Four

Another German club are out the pot.

And the tie is:

Bayer Leverkusen vs Ferencvaros.

Match Three

Juventus are out next.

And they'll meet the German side, Freiburg.

The Old Lady gets a trip to the Black Forest.

Juventus vs Freiburg

Match Two

Sevilla vs Fenerbahce

Match One

Union Berlin vs Union Saint-Gilloise.

Here we Go!

Giorgio's back.

Talking more talk.

Oh and here we go! Zoltan's doing his business, and Union Berlin are out first!