Manchester United will have a tasty reunion with Jose Mourinho after discovering their opponents for the first phase of this season's Europa League alongside Tottenham.
UEFA have revamped this season's competition and discarded the traditional group phase. Instead, teams will play eight different opponents - four home and four away - in a league phase before the knockouts in early 2025.
Aside from a trip to face Mourinho's new side, Fenerbahce, United and Spurs will both play Rangers. The Scottish giants will visit Old Trafford in September, October, November or December while Tottenham are due to travel to Glasgow at some stage. Dates for each fixture will be confirmed on Saturday.
Mourinho hasn't faced United since he was, coincidentally, Tottenham manager in April 2021. The ex-Red Devils and Spurs boss took charge of Fenerbahce this summer but failed to guide them into the Champions League.
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United could also face former midfielders Fred and Sofyan Amrabat, the latter of whom is close to joining Fenerbahce ahead of the transfer window closing in Turkey on September 13. Fred has already spent a season in Istanbul and even scored his first-ever hat-trick in his last appearance.
The final of this season's Europa League takes place at San Mames, the home to Athletic Bilbao in Spain on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. United won the competition in 2017 under Mourinho, beating Ajax 2-0 in the final in Stockholm.
Four years later, the Red Devils came agonisingly close to lifting the trophy for the second time in their history. But after a 1-1 draw, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side lost on penalties to Villarreal in Gdansk.
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Tottenham are already two-time winners of the competition, winning the inaugural UEFA Cup in 1972 before being crowned champions again in 1984. They last competed in the Europa League during the 2020-21 season, with Mourinho overseeing a shock defeat to Croatian outfit Dinamo Zagreb in the last 16.
Fixtures in full
Manchester United will play - in no confirmed order: Rangers (H) Porto (A), PAOK (H), Fenerbahce (A), Bodo/Glimt (H), Viktoria Plzen (A), Twente (H), Steaua Bucuresti (A)
Tottenham will play - in no confirmed order: Roma (H), Rangers (A), AZ Alkmaar (H), Ferencvaros (A), Qarabag (H), Galatasaray (A), Elfsborg (H), Hoffenheim (A)