Champions League draw details explained after Tottenham win the Europa League final

Tottenham Hotspur are in party mode after beating Manchester United in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.

was the match winner for in Bilbao three minutes before half-time as he bundled the ball into the back of the net from close range. United dominated the possession and had the lion's share of chances in the second 45 minutes but Tottenham never seemed to be in real trouble.

The victory at the San Mames Stadium ends 17-year trophy drought and puts Spurs back in the for the 2025/26 season. Ange Postecoglou's men will be one of six Premier League teams entering the draw for the league phase of the competition.

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and have already confirmed their spots in the Champions League along with Spurs. Manchester City are also favourites to get over the line with the other spots going to either Newcastle United, Chelsea, Aston Villa or Nottingham Forest.

Tottenham will not have to wait too long to find out which teams they will be playing in the Champions League next season. The draw for the league phase of the competition will take place on Thursday, August 28 following the culmination of the qualifying rounds.

The Champions League will be played in the same format as this season and Tottenham know they will play two teams from Pot A, two from Pot B, two from Pot C and two from Pot D in the league phase. Eight different clubs will take on Spurs and despite there being six English clubs in the Champions League next season, Tottenham cannot face another Premier League club until the knockout stages.

Spurs could go into the Champions League with a new manager amid pressure on Postecoglou. "That decision is not in my hands. It doesn't affect me, if it had affected me you would have seen it in the build-up. All I cared about was this thing," he told TNT Sports.

"I don't feel I've completed the job yet, we are still building, but the moment I accepted the role I had one thing in my mind and that was to win something. "We've done that now and I want to build on it. I think there is an opportunity here, that's my belief.

"You build on this because those players will want to feel this again. They've got it now and they won't want to let it go."

"I know what it means to this football club and the longer it goes on the harder it is to break that cycle," he added.

"I could sense the nervousness at the club because they've been in this situation before but until you get that monkey off your back you don't understand what it feels like.

"People misinterpreted it. It wasn't me boasting, it was me making a declaration and I believed it at the time I said it.

"I know our league form has been terrible, nowhere near good enough and unacceptable, but us finishing third wasn't going to change this football club.

"The only thing which was going to change this football club was winning something.

"I'm not afraid to declare it and if I fell short I was happy to cop it. That was my ambition - I couldn't expect anyone from the club to say that but I could say that and I was prepared to wear it if it didn't happen.

"It's how the club perceives itself; people are quick to take shots at the club and at times I felt the club hasn't defended itself strongly as it should.

"There is no reason now why they can't go into next year believing they can win again and build a team which consistently strive to win things.

"That's what the great clubs do, they expect success because they have had it. Hopefully this taste of it takes the club forward."