Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest news and updates of the draw for the 2025/26 league phase, with Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all in the fold.
'I want Barcelona'
Why? Well, most will just want to fly through the group stage with next to no problems. The big teams won't allow them to do that.
Last year the group phase gave us some absolute crackers, many of European football's biggest teams faced off earlier than they used to.
Anyway, it will be similar this year. Six of the non-English teams in pot one will have to face two Premier League teams this league phase.