Pot two: Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Ajax.
Somebody will be dumped into a hellishly difficult group, frequently known as “the Slavia Prague”. There will be an unusual group with four middling groups of really similar capability.
Thirty-two groups in 4 pots, redirected into eight groups through the medium of plastic mini footballs in salad bowls. At least one extremely gifted former footballer will have difficulty opening said mini-balls.
Pot 3: Dynamo Kyiv, Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Internazionale, Olympiakos, Lazio, Krasnodar, Atalanta.
Pot one: Bayern Munich, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, PSG, Zenit, Porto.
Pot four: Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Club Brugge, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Istanbul Basaksehir, FC Midtjylland, Rennes, Ferencvaros.