Arsenal were placed in group B for this season’s Champion’s league. The team from pot two chosen for Arsenal’s group was Schalke 04 from Gelsenkirchen in Germany. They finished third in the Bundesliga last season behind Borussie Dortmund and Bayern Munich. The team from pot three was Olymiacos from Piraeus in Greece. The fourth team drawn in the group was the French champions Montpellier.
It could be better and it could be worse. None of the teams fills you with dread and there are no horrible trips to frozen grounds in Russia or Scandinavia to worry about. But we have got two teams who won their leagues in Montpellier and Olympiacos.
The good news is that both teams lost their best strikers this summer. In fact, the Gunners nearly had both of them. Olivier Giroud was Montpellier’s top hit man last seasom with 25 goals, and Kevin Mirallas was the top scorer for Olympiacos with 20 league goals. Mirallas chose Everton over the Gunners because he thought he might not get regular football at the Emirates. So all we need to do is sign Klaas Jan-Huntelaar from Schalke and we are sorted.
Schalke made it to the semi-final stage two seasons ago when they were beaten in both legs by Manchester United. Younes Belhand and Mapou Yanga-M’biwa, two players heavily linked with Arsenal this summer, play for Montpellier. Arsenal should top this group without too much difficulty.
Man United got an easy draw again, with Braga, Galatasaray and CFR Cluj. Chelsea got Shaktar Donetsk, Juventus and FC Nordsjaelland (who?) Man City got the group of death, with Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax. All four teams won their leagues last season, so it looks like the Europa league for City.
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