Premier league clubs Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal will learn their fates in Thursday's draw for the Champions League groups at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco as Europe’s elite come together to renew rivalries for another season.
Arsenal join Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool in Thursday's draw for the Champions League groups
The Gunners are in the draw, which will take place in Monaco at 16:45 Nigerian time, for a 17th consecutive season after beating Besiktas.
Manchester City will look to improve on last season's first knockout stage exit at the hands of Barcelona.
Pot One: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Porto.
Pot Two: Schalke, Dortmund, Juventus, Paris St-Germain, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Zenit.
Pot Three: Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Ajax,Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon, Galatasaray, Athletic Bilbao
Pot Four: Anderlecht, Roma, Apoel Nicosia, Bate Borisov, Ludogorets, Maribor, Monaco, Malmo.
Best case scenario for Premier League sides |
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Chelsea, Basel, Sporting Lisbon, Maribor
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Arsenal, Basel, Sporting, Maribor
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Benfica, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Maribor
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Benfica, Basel, Liverpool, Maribor
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Worst-case scenario for Premier League sides |
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Chelsea, Paris St-Germain, Ajax, Roma
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Arsenal, Paris St-Germain, Ajax, Roma
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Real Madrid, Manchester City, Ajax, Roma
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Real Madrid, PSG, Liverpool, Roma
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Each of the eight groups will contain one team from each pot, while no group can contain more than one side from a single country.
The final of the UEFA Champions will take place in Berlin on June 6, 2015.
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