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Tottenham's 2025/26 Champions League opponents will all become clear seven days from now. The north London club may have finished last season 17th in the Premier League table but they secured a place back at Europe's top table by winning the Europa League.

Spurs will be one of six English teams in this year's competition, joining Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Chelsea in the draw. The draw takes place in Switzerland on Thursday, August 28.

As was the case last season following the decision to adopt a new format, teams will be drawn against two teams from each of the four pots to determine their eight league phase fixtures. The exact dates and times of those eight games will become clear a day or two after the draw.

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As things stand right now, 29 of the 36 teams are in place for the 2025/26 edition of the Champions League. The final seven teams will be finalised on Wednesday evening once the play-off round has come to a conclusion.

Three of the 14 teams battling it out for a place in Europe's premier competition do already appear to be in a strong position to secure their place in the league phase. Bodo/Glimt were the big winners in the first leg after defeating Austrian opponents Sturm Graz 5-0 at home.

That means the Norwegian team could potentially come up against Tottenham in the league phase if drawn together, which would be a repeat of their Europa League semi-final from back in May. Elsewhere, Club Brugge and Qarabag lead 3-1 from their first leg ties against Rangers and Ferencvaros respectively following away wins.

Ferencvaros' defeat against Qarabag does mean a potential Tottenham reunion for Robbie Keane may be off the cards as the Irishman is now in charge of the team from Hungary. Cypriot team Pafos are also in a good position to qualify for the main stage of the Champions League as they lead Red Star Belgrade 2-1 going into next week's home leg.

Celtic could potentially be in for a shock exit after only managing a 0-0 draw with Kairat at Celtic Park. Brendan Rodgers' side will now have to do the business in Kazakhstan next Tuesday as they attempt to avoid an embarrassing defeat.

Basel and Copenhagen are all square going into the second leg in Denmark following a 1-1 draw, with Fenerbahce and Benfica playing out a 0-0 draw in Turkey. The Champions League does always throw up some surprises and that may well be the case next week as the clubs fight it out for a lucrative place in the league phase.

Here are the clubs who have already secured their place in the league phase and their likely pots for the draw:

Pot 1: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, PSG, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona.

Pot 2: Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt.

Pot 2/3: Tottenham, PSV.

Pot 3: Ajax, Napoli, Sporting CP, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Marseille.

Pot 4: AS Monaco, Galatasaray, Union SG, Athletic Club, Newcastle United.