Spurs, who had avoided many of the big guns in the UEFA Cup group stages after being seeded in Pot One, were drawn against Dinamo Zagreb - the club which sold Modric to Juande Ramos' side for £16.5m.
Tottenham were also handed the challenge of Rus
sian outfit Spartak Moscow, Italian side Udinese and Dutch outfit NEC Nijmegen.
They were placed in Group D and will play each other side once - with two home and two away fixtures.
Portsmouth have been drawn against AC Milan, Heerenveen, Braga and Wolfsburg, while Manchester City have been drawn against Schalke, Paris St Germain, Racing Santander and FC Twente.
The other English side in the draw, Aston Villa, have been drawn against Hamburg, Ajax, Slavia Prague and MSK Zilina.
DRAWGROUP A: Schalke 04, Paris SG,
MANCHESTER CITY, Racing Santander, FC Twente
GROUP B: Benfica, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, Hertha Berlin, Metalist Kharkiv
GROUP C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrade, Standard Liege
GROUP D: TOTTENHAM, Spartak Moscow, Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb, NEC Nijmegen
GROUP E: AC Milan, Heerenveen, SC Braga,
PORTSMOUTH, VfL Wolfsburg
GROUP F: Hamburg, Ajax, Slavia Prague,
ASTON VILLA, MSK Zilina
GROUP G: Valencia, Club Brugge, Rosenborg, FC Copenhagen, Saint-Etienne
GROUP H: CSKA Moscow, Deportivo La Coruna, Feyenoord, Nancy, Lech Poznan
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