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And United's Champions League opponents are...

...CSKA Moscow, Besiktas and Wolfsburg.

Of course, Wolfsburg are the reigning German champions but - on paper, at least - that's not the most terrifying draw.

To my eyes, Chelsea are the English club with the hardest task, although you'd expect them to get through.  They'll face: FC Porto, Atletico Madrid and APOEL Nicosia.  While Liverpool have: Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen.  And Arsenal: AZ Alkmaar, Olympiakos, Standard.

Pete

United supporters vote Chelsea as main domestic rival and Barcelona as top European opponent

755 Manchester United supporters voted in MustBeRed's first weekly survey of opinion among United's global fans. You can take part in the second survey by voting here.

CHELSEA SEEN AS MAIN RIVAL FOR RETAINING THE PREMIERSHIP

The vote was taken before Liverpool lost last night at home to Aston Villa and most people had voted before Arsenal's strong start to the season. We'll hold another vote in a month or so.  Only 2% of United supporters see City as a serious rival - despite the Arab-owned team's £216m spending spree.

BARCELONA ARE SEEN AS MAIN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RIVAL

Ten times as many United supporters see Barcelona as the main European rival as see Chelsea as the main rival.  Only 1% see Arsenal as United's main European rival.

ROONEY WILL BE UNITED'S TOP SCORER

It is difficult to argue with the verdict on this one.  A whopping 86% of supporters said that Wayne Rooney - who scored his 101st goal for United on Saturday against Wigan - will be United's top scorer in 2009/10.  More supporters expect Owen to hit the back of the net more regularly than Berbatov.

WE CAN BE STRONGER WITHOUT RONALDO

Most members of the MustBeRed panel are optimists about life after Ronaldo.  A quarter expect United to be weaker without last year's World Player of The Year but two-thirds say we can be stronger.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE IN THE NEW SURVEY.

The hottest selling T-shirt outside Old Trafford last week was...

Torres is a good looking boy and this is not the first time I've seen someone suggest that the Liverpool striker might look a little like Sacha Baron Cohen's latest creation. But, but, but... On what occasion would you want to wear such a T-shirt? MustBeRed can't think of one.

Ferguson launches fresh attack on "beyond the pale" Benitez

The Times reports the latest escalation in the war of words between Sir Alex Ferguson and Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez as a sign that the feud is getting "out of control".

The newspaper recorded Sir Alex's words (which you can watch below):

“There’s one thing with his [Benitez] arrogance that he showed that you can’t forgive and that is his contempt for Sam Allardyce last week when Liverpool scored their second goal,” Ferguson said. “Did you see it? It was absolute contempt. He went like that [Ferguson repeats the gesture] . . . game finished. I don’t think Sam Allardyce deserved that. A guy who has worked so hard for the LMA [the League Managers' Association], looking after young managers, he didn’t deserve that with a team that was weakened. I don’t think any other Liverpool manager would ever have done that. But he [Benitez] is beyond the pale.”

What a game!

Chelsea 4:4 Liverpool

Pete