Manchester United will take on Saint-Etienne in the last 32 of the Europa League, with Jose Mourinho’s side hosting the French club in the first leg, after Monday’s draw.
The tie will see United and France midfielder Paul Pogba, the world's most costly player, come up against his senior sibling Florentin, the Guinea universal protector.
"That is a decent thing," said Mourinho at a question and answer session on Monday. "Paul was at that point chuckling about it and for beyond any doubt his sibling is likewise snickering.
"It has happened a couple times in the history football and it's a decent thing."
The groups met in the now ancient Cup Winners' Cup first round in 1977, with United winning 3-1 on total.
On that event, United were compelled to have the second leg in the southern English city of Plymouth, 450 kilometers away, after swarm inconvenience in the principal leg in France.
Mourinho's men completed second in Group A behind Fenerbahce of Turkey while Saint-Etienne topped Group C. After likewise going to Ukraine to confront Zorya Luhansk in the gathering stage, United's Portuguese chief is satisfied that there will be no long away outing this time.
"The good thing is the travel separate. We were extremely unfortunate in the gathering stage, we needed to go exceptionally far, it was extremely hard to go to Turkey, Ukraine," he said.
"Presently we go to France in light of the fact that the flight is simple and it's not a simple period, there are bunches of recreations, so that is great."
Holy person Etienne, 10-time French champions and European Cup runners-up in 1976, are presently eighth in Ligue 1.
"Holy person Etienne is a notable old club with heaps of custom. Individuals of my era will always remember that (Michel) Platini group and it will be troublesome in light of the fact that each group now is a decent group in the opposition.
"Without a doubt, Manchester United is one of the huge names in the opposition however we have two months without the Europa League, two months to overlook it, then we will see."
The other Premier League delegate, Tottenham Hotspur, will confront Gent of Belgium subsequent to being disposed of from the Champions League at the gathering stage.
Villarreal of Spain will confront Italian monsters Roma in one of the champion ties, while Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach were drawn against Fiorentina of Italy.
The main legs will be played on Thursday, February 16, with the arrival coordinates a week later.
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