2021 Champions League Draw

[Buzzo]

Is on Thursday!

We can draw Barca, Atlético, Shakhtar, Dortmund or Ajax from Pot 2.

3 and 4 tbc.

Pot 1
Bayern (GER, UEFA Champions League holders)
Sevilla (ESP, UEFA Europa League holders)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Liverpool (ENG)
Juventus (ITA)
Paris (FRA)
Zenit (RUS)
Porto (POR)

Pot 2
Barcelona (ESP) coefficient 128.000
Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 127.000
Manchester City (ENG) 116.000
Manchester United (ENG) 100.000
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 85.000
Dortmund (GER) 85.000
Chelsea (ENG) 83.000
Ajax (NED) 69.500

Pot 3 or 4
RB Leipzig (GER) 49.000
Inter (ITA) 44.000
Lazio (ITA) 41.000
Atalanta (ITA) 35.500
Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 33.000
Marseille (FRA) 31.000
Club Brugge (BEL) 28.500
Mönchengladbach (GER) 26.000
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) 21.500
Rennes (FRA) 14.000

Six further teams will qualify via the play-offs.

[Angryred]

From that draw, I want Atletico Madrid...fooking owe them one! then Monchengladbach & Rennes...haven't had them in years if at all!

[ChesterDave]

Just to expand on the above, regardless of who wins the play offs;

Leipzig, Inter, Lazio, Atalanta are all definitely pot 3.

Lokomotiv, Marsaille, and Brugge are all definitely pot 4

[Angryred]

Just to expand on the above, regardless of who wins the play offs;

Leipzig, Inter, Lazio, Atalanta are all definitely pot 3.

Lokomotiv, Marsaille, and Brugge are all definitely pot 4

Definitely potential for 1 or 2 group of deaths in there.

[RedReet]

City and Bayern favourites at 9/2 and us 3rd favourites at 7/1.

City owners must lump billions on them to win every trophy for them to consistently be priced much lower than us.

[greenturnip]

Also odd that City are favourites given that they are in pot 2, so will get one tough team at least.

[labourRed]

Feels like only yesterday we were scraping into pot 2.

[ChesterDave]

Also odd that City are favourites given that they are in pot 2, so will get one tough team at least.

I wouldn't have City as favourites if they got a bye to the knockout rounds.

[RedReet]

I wouldn't have City as favourites if they got a bye to the knockout rounds.

I wouldn't have them as favourites if they got a bye to the QF's and were given an easy draw against a mid table French team.

[Mr Pink]

I wouldn't have City as favourites if they got a bye to the knockout rounds.

Yaaa defo not, don’t know where they get that from- the last 3 years they were knocked out by clear underdogs (even when we did them, we were 30 or so points behind in the league).

Also the only proper team they’ve ever beaten in the knockouts was Real Madrid last season- can’t remember them ever knocking out another half decent team.

Also throw in the fact that they’re gonna be under huge pressure after the last few failures, and I think it’s very likely that they’ll do nothing in it.... again!!

[spud_gun]

City and Bayern favourites at 9/2 and us 3rd favourites at 7/1.

City owners must lump billions on them to win every trophy for them to consistently be priced much lower than us.

They were odds on to win the league this season as well.

Imagine the pressure of Pep this season to win the Champions League will be at near intolerable levels. This is his last year at Citeh. If he doesn't win it this season then it's fair to say his time there has been a relative failure. Just like his time at Bayern was a relative failure.

[red g]

City and Bayern favourites at 9/2 and us 3rd favourites at 7/1.

City owners must lump billions on them to win every trophy for them to consistently be priced much lower than us.

To say how we are generally lauded by all those who know football, We seem to be constantly ignored by the bookies, How we are not favourites or at least JF for this i have no idea. Same as the Premier league, 2/1 was outrageous.

[Shaggy]

To say how we are generally lauded by all those who know football, We seem to be constantly ignored by the bookies, How we are not favourites or at least JF for this i have no idea. Same as the Premier league, 2/1 was outrageous.

Apparently it was based on the XG and other data, which for us was deemed unsustainable. Lol.

[Angryred]

To say how we are generally lauded by all those who know football, We seem to be constantly ignored by the bookies, How we are not favourites or at least JF for this i have no idea. Same as the Premier league, 2/1 was outrageous.

Think that suits Klopp!...he won't care as we will let our football do the talking!

[BigChief]

From pot 2 I'd prefer getting Dortmund as firstly it will eliminate getting at least one top quality team in the 16s and secondly enable us to avoid getting tricky Leipzig from pot 3 in the group stages.