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Arsenal will discover their Europa League fate for the upcoming season when the draw

for the group stage is made at Friday lunchtime in Monaco.

The Gunners were handed a favourable draw in last year's competition, having missed

out on a place in the Champions League for two years running, topping a group that contained

Red Star Belgrade, FC Koln and BATE Borisov.

Unai Emery will be hoping for more of the same this time around, and although being

in Pot 1 has kept them apart from some huge teams, there are still some very tricky opponents

they could face.

There are quite a few teams Arsenal would like to avoid in Pot 2, but Rapid Vienna,

who are currently fifth in the Austrian Bundesliga, should be relatively easy to overcome – they

have the worst UEFA coefficient of any side in the second pot.

Save for a couple of stand-out teams, the sides in Pot 3 are much of a muchness, with

travel distance perhaps the biggest factor to consider.

Swedish side Malmo offer the nicest mix of manageable journey and winnable tie.

Pot 4, likewise, offers no teams Arsenal should fear, and Hungarian side Vidi look like the

weakest of the bunch along with Luxembourg's F91 Dudelange.

The biggest threat in Pot 2 comes from Serie A, with big-spending AC Milan – who added

the likes of Gonzalo Higuain and Mattia Caldara to their squad over the summer – keen to

make a huge statement in Europe.

Celtic, Sporting and Marseille also look tricky.

In Pot 3, the biggest challenge may come from long-haul flights rather than the quality

of opponents on offer.

Spartak Moscow present both: they are second in the Russian league and unbeaten this season,

while the flight is in excess of five hours.

RB Leipzig should also be feared.

Norwegian reigning champions and league leaders Rosenborg are the best side in a weak Pot

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For more infomation >> Arsenal's best and worst case scenarios for Europa League draw | AFC News - Duration: 2:23.

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Eminem Drops Surprise Album 'Kamikaze', Fans React | Billboard News - Duration: 1:21.

Surprise surprise! We're ending our Summer with a brand new Eminem album!

The full length release is entitled 'Kamikaze' and is Em's quick follow-up to 2017's

No. 1 album 'Revival'. 'Kamikaze' has 13 tracks, runs about 45 minutes and is

host to a variety of features. Jessie Reyez appears twice on back to back tracks -

one called "Nice Guy," the other called "Good Guy." Joyner Lucas appears on

"Lucky You." Royce Da 5'9" pops up on "Not Alike" and Em's longtime manager

Paul Rosenberg even gets a cameo, doing a self titled skit with Marshall on track 4.

The artwork for the album should get people talking as well, as Em pays tribute

to the Beastie Boys' 1986 album 'License to Ill'.

Now, of course since no one saw this coming, Twitter went absolutely crazy.

Brandon wrote… "Eminem just dropped a surprise album and

I'm currently hyperventilating."

HUN-LI tweeted… "#KAMIKAZE is already Eminem's best album and I'm only on track 3!"

And Haris pointed out… "The number of references in the first two tracks alone...

Someone unhinged Marshall... you happy now?"

For more, you can head to billboard.com and until next time,

for Billboard News - I'm Kevan Kenney.