11) Arsenal 23 Star quality: 9 History: 7 Romance: 7 Like people who buy second homes but never use them, sometimes you wonder whether Arsenal’s annual Champions League place would be better going to somebody else. We know how this ends, after all: Arsenal qualify comfortably from their group in second place, and then lose to the first proper club they face. And yet, Arsenal’s quick, technical squad is arguably better equipped for European football than it is for the Premier League. A kind draw, and who knows? Picture: AP

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