United learn who they could face in the Europa League

West Ham were initially due to be at home for the first leg, but quickly confirmed that they are hopeful of reversing that arrangement in order to fully prepare their new home at the Olympic Stadium.

West Ham will play their first competitive match at the Olympic Stadium when they face either Shakhtyor Soligorsk or NK Domzale in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

“If successful, Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Belarus or NK Domzale of Slovenia will visit Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the return leg on Thursday 4 August”.

But their plans were scuppered when they were beaten to sixth place in the Premier League last season by Southampton, forcing them into the Europa League’s third qualifying round.

They now want to play the first leg away and the home leg on August 4 claiming both of their potential opponents have agreed in principle to the switch.

The Hammers hoped to open their new home in style with a glamour friendly befitting the historic occasion against Italian giants Juventus.

The capacity for the qualifier and the Juve game will be 54,000, but the stadium will be at its full 60,000 capacity for the first Premier League fixture against Bournemouth on Sunday, August 21.

But it will be up to European football’s governing body to decide whether it is given the green light or not.

Saint-Etienne have drawn AEK Athens in arguably the pick of the ties, while Lille will take on MTK Budapest or Qabala and Hertha Berlin face Brondby or Hibernian.

Cliftonville could face a trip to Russian Federation to play Spartak Moscow.

Aberdeen, who are 3-0 up against Latvian side Ventspils, will face Maribor of Slovenia or Bulgarian side Levski Sofia, providing the Dons avoid trouble in their second leg.