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Arsenal back in the Champions league. Let’s look at the draws available

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Arsenal are back in the Champions League after a very long time and hope to win it soon. After six years away, the Gunners have booked their return to Europe’s elite competition. That too with a second-place finish in the Premier League while avoiding a number of big guns in next season’s first round.

Let’s take a look at the opponents Arsenal could get in the Champions League

Arsenal could be draw against the heavyweights of European football. It’s fair to say that they haven’t played top level on a consistent basis. Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Porto will all be kept away from the Emirates Stadium while the likes of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli could all be drawn against Arsenal. Arsenal are in pot 2 of the Champions league so they are likely to feature in the group of death.

Pot 1: Manchester City, Roma/Sevilla, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli, Benfica

Pot2: 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.

Newcastle are one of a few teams whose ranking in the draw hinges on the various qualifiers that must take place at the start of next season. Although English teams cannot be drawn together in the groups. A variety of teams have booked their place in the play-offs, including Rangers, Marseille and PSV Eindhoven.

AC Milan and Real Sociedad confirmed their place in next season’s Champions League over the weekend. Which guaranteed the pot Mikel Arteta’s side will be drawn out of on August 31 due to their strong UEFA coefficient ranking.

The final coefficients for the season are still to be confirmed but much of the draw is already taking shape. That is with the top leagues’ champions and Europa League winners in Pot 1. Inter Milan will knock Feyenoord out of the pot should they win the Champions League in next month’s final against Manchester City.

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