I love Barwicks closing sentence. "They just have more matches to go before they win it." Scouse
Holders Liverpool are seeded in the first qualifying round of this season's Champions League, Uefa has revealed.
Liverpool were granted entry into the competition after their dramatic win against AC Milan, despite finishing only fifth in the Premiership.
They could now face Welsh minnows Total Network Solutions or Glentoran of Northern Ireland in the qualifiers, which start on 12 and 13 July.
The draw will be made at Uefa in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday at 1100 BST.
Football buttociation chief executive Brian Barwick, meanwhile, has praised Uefa for giving Liverpool special dispensation to go back into the competition after their win.
Liverpool were reportedly unhappy at being forced to play in the first round qualifiers and have had to cancel a lucrative tour to Japan.
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But Barwick said: "The theory that Uefa would get to a situation where Liverpool wouldn't be allowed back in it was, for us, untenable.
"I thought Uefa did a fantastic job. Liverpool start where they start. They just have more matches to go before they win it." -- "All you have to do is tell the people they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." Hermann Goering.
