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Is Manchester United’s season also over?

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LONDON. — Manchester United have been drawn against Barcelona in the Europa League knockout round playoffs.

The stage of the competitio­n features eight runners-up from their Europa League groups, which includes United, playing the eight teams who were third in their Champions League group.

Former United manager Jose Mourinho's Roma side will play FC Salzburg, while Juventus face Nantes.

The first legs are on 16 February, with the second legs on 23 February.

The winners go into the last-16, which includes Arsenal after they topped their Europa League group.

United, who finished second behind Real Sociedad in their group, will be away for the first leg.

Erik ten Hag's side were heavily linked with Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong during the summer, but the Dutch internatio­nal ended up staying with the Spanish side.

Barcelona finished third behind Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in their Champions League group.

FULL PLAY-OFF ROUND DRAW

Barcelona v Manchester United Juventus v Nantes Sporting Lisbon v Midtjyllan­d Shakhtar Donetsk v Rennes Ajax v Union Berlin

Bayer Leverkusen v Monaco Sevilla v PSV Eindhoven FC Salzburg v Roma.

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