How much of a threat are Newcastle United in the Champions League this season?
According to the bookies, Eddie Howe’s side are the eighth most likeliest to win the whole thing.
Looking at the generally available odds from the various bookies, the betting gives this order: Man City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Arsenal, PSG, Barcelona, Man U, Newcastle United.
Ahead of the Champions League group stage to be drawn later today (5pm UK time) in Monaco, Italian media have been ranking the level of difficulty posed to Serie A clubs taking part in the competition.
So this is how Football Italia rates all of the non-Italian clubs, five stars for very best / toughest down to one star for worst / easiest opponent:
Pot 1
NAPOLI
Manchester City *****
Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain ****
Benfica, Sevilla ***
Feyenoord **
Pot 2:
INTER
Real Madrid *****
Manchester United, Arsenal ****
Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto ***
Pot 3:
MILAN AND LAZIO
Shakhtar Donetsk, RB Salzburg, Red Star Belgrade, PSV, Braga **
FC Copenhagen *
Pot 4:
Newcastle United ***
Union Berlin, Real Sociedad, Celtic, Galatasaray **
Royal Antwerp, Young Boys, RC Lens *
So putting that all together, the Football Italia ratings are:
Five stars – Manchester City, Real Madrid
Four stars – Barcelona, Bayern Munich, PSG, Manchester United, Arsenal
Three stars – Newcastle United, Benfica, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig, Porto
Two stars – Union Berlin, Real Sociedad, Celtic, Galatasaray, Shakhtar Donetsk, RB Salzburg, Red Star Belgrade, PSV, Braga, Feyenoord
One star – Royal Antwerp, Young Boys, RC Lens, FC Copenhagen
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