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so the champions league draw was done earlier and some of the big names have got some tough groups while some has easy groups one would say.

Group A looks to be a little tough one for Tottenham who are in the group with reining champions Inter Milan and also with one of the dutch giants FC Twente.

Group B sees Lyon and Benfica looking to fight it out for top spot.

Group C looks like Manchester United and Valencia (who remember are now without stars like David Villa and David Silva who both moved to Barcalona and Manchester City respectively) should be able to oust Rangers and the unknown Bursaspor.

Group D seems to be muchly favourable for Barcalona. No real stiff competition for them so it would be interesting to see what the other three teams in that group can come up with.

Group E sees Roma and Bayern face each other and these two should see themselves through.

Group F could be a bit tricky for Chelsea with trips to Marseille and Spartak.

Group G is the group of death. Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax and Auxerre. WHAT A GROUP!

Group H sees Arsenal with a pretty easy group too it seems with uknowns in there which should not trouble them too much.

The winners for the various positions for the past year were also announced and here they are:

Goalkeeper of the year went to Julio Cesar (Inter) who fought off Hugo Lloris (Lyon) and Victor Valdes (Barcelona).

Defender of the year went to  Maicon (Inter Milan) who had Lucio (Inter Milan)  and Gerard Pique (Barcelona) to content with.

Midfielder of the year went to Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan) who came up against Xavi (Barcelona) and  Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich).

Foward of the year went to Diego Milito (Inter) who outted Lionel Messi (Barcelona), and Wayne Rooney (Man Utd).

Club player of the year went to Diego Milito (Inter).

So that left Inter Milan with all the player awards. Guess it was because they won Uefa Champions League, The League and their domestic cup!