Soccer: Champions league Group B

Here’s a guide to Group B...

Paris Saint-Germain

Unai Emery is a three-time Europa League winner with Sevilla, and was hired to lead PSG to UCL glory; their collapse to Barcelona ensured that didn’t happen last term.

Now, with the arrival of a bona-fide game-changer in Neymar, they look well set to be in the conversation for the trophy.

Bayern Munich

Bayern romped to the German title with relative ease last term, but were disappointed to fall to Real in the last eight of last season’s Champions League.

The club are going through something of a transitional period following the retirements of Xabi Alonso and Philipp Lahm, but they’ll still expect to contend next May.

Anderlecht

The Belgian side put in a strong showing in the Europa League last term, running to the quarter-finals before being beaten by Manchester United.

However, that success ensured Youri Tielemans a summer move to Monaco, while other youngsters - such as Dennis Praet and Leandro Derdoncker - are also coveted. Getting through the group would be a major success.

Celtic

Brendan Rodgers’ side want to play progressive football, but their Playoff win over Astana - 8-4 on aggregate - showed their Achilles heel will once more be their defensive capabilities.

A difficult group last year featured a 7-0 thrashing by Barcelona; Rodgers reckons they can finish in the top two, but will need his defence to be greatly improved.