Europa League rules changes for August restart that will affect Manchester United and draw details

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UEFA have confirmed that the draws for the Europa quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will take place at their headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday 10 July.

The governing body last month announced that the 2019/20 Europa League will be conducted in Germany in August.

The quarter- and semi-finals will be reduced to one leg from the standard two-leg format, with the games commencing on August 5 and the final taking place on August 21.

There will be three draws made on Friday. One will be for the quarter-finals, another for the semi-finals, and then a third to determine the ‘home’ side in the final for administrative reasons.

There are no seedings and no country protection, so teams can face opposition from the same national association.

UEFA also announced a number of rule changes yesterday ahead of the restart of the competition that affected the Europa League

Unplayed round of 16 second legs will be held either at the club’s home ground or at a venue assigned by them.

Sides can also register a maximum of three new ‘List A’ players, but each squad is still limited to 25 List A players and players must have been already registered and eligible to play for the club at domestic level since 3 February.

Teams will be able to make five substitutions a game but will only be allowed to make these changes at three points in the game.

These three occasions do not include changes at half-time, between the end of normal playing time and extra-time, and at half-time during extra time. One additional substitution may also be allowed during extra-time.

A total of 23 players will be allowed on a team’s teamsheet for games instead of 18, something usually only permitted for the final.

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