Bayern, Chelsea, Juve & Monaco potential Champions League rivals for Barça
After missing out on La Liga, Barcelona will be in pot two
They could therefore draw be handed a tough group stage draw
The curtain is coming down on the 2016-17 season and the places in next seasons Champions League are being firmed up. Barcelona will not be a top seed having fallen short in La Liga and could therefore be drawn alongside Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus or Monaco.
With some leagues and cups still in play, the four pots are far from complete, but they are beginning to take shape ahead of the qualifying rounds which will kick off the season. In addition to the teams listed below, Napoli and Roma will also be added, although it's still not clear which pot they will be in.
And if they win the Europa League final against Ajax this week, Manchester United could yet join the party, too, becoming the fifth English team in next season's competition
Here's how the pts are shaping up, with league winners taking their place in Pot 1 in the recently renewed format:
POT 1
- Real Madrid
- Bayern Munich
- Chelsea
- Juventus
- Benfica
- Monaco
- Spartak Moscow
- Shakhtar Donetsk
POT 2
- FC Barcelona
- Atlético Madrid
- PSG
- Borussia Dortmund
- Sevilla (4)*
- Manchester City
- Porto
- TBC
POT 3
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Basel
- Dinamo Kiev (3)*
- Ajax (3)*
- Olympiakos (3)*
- Anderlecht
- Liverpool (4)*
- TBC
Bombo 4
- TBC
- TBC
- Celtic (2)*
- Salzburgo (2)*
- Copenhague (2)*
- Feyenoord
- Leipzig
- TBC
(2) Enter in the second qualifying round.
(3) Enter in the third qualifying round.
(4) Enter in the fourth qualifying round.
