Arsenal’s potential Champions League opponents with pot confirmed for group draw
After six years away, the Gunners have booked their return to Europe’s elite competitors with a second-place end within the Premier League whereas avoiding numerous large weapons in subsequent season’s first spherical.
Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Porto will all be evaded the Emirates Stadium whereas the likes of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli may all be drawn in opposition to Arsenal.
AC Milan and Real Sociedad confirmed their place in subsequent season’s Champions League over the weekend, which assured the pot Mikel Arteta’s aspect can be drawn out of on August 31 attributable to their robust UEFA coefficient rating.
The remaining coefficients for the season are nonetheless to be confirmed however a lot of the draw is already taking form, with the highest leagues’ champions and Europa League winners in Pot 1. Inter Milan will knock Feyenoord out of the pot ought to they win the Champions League in subsequent month’s remaining in opposition to Manchester City.
Newcastle are one of some groups whose rating within the draw hinges on the assorted qualifiers that should happen in the beginning of subsequent season, though English groups can’t be drawn collectively within the teams.
A wide range of groups have booked their place within the play-offs, together with Rangers, Marseille and PSV Eindhoven.
Projected Champions League draw pots
Pot 1: Manchester City, Roma/Sevilla, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli, Benfica.
Pot 2: Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto.
Pot 3: RB Salzburg, AC Milan, Lazio, Crvena Zvedza.
Pot 4: Union Berlin, Lens.
Qualified groups with pot to be confirmed: Inter Milan (1 or 2), Feyenoord (1 or 3), Shakhtar Donetsk (2 or 3), Newcastle (3 or 4), Celtic (3 or 4), Real Sociedad (3 or 4).