Paris St Germain
Manchester United
RB Leipzig
Istanbul Basaksehir
The best saved for the last. This is unquestionably the group of death, that too with a fair bit of recent history thrown in. PSG were terribly scarred by that spectacular collapse at home against United in 2019, and both teams will be eager to make a statement against each other this time around. It feels like PSG and Leipzig squared off in last season’s semifinals just yesterday! All the good work that Thomas Tuchel and Julian Nagelsmann did with their teams in those deep runs will be cruelly forgotten if they fail to make it out of the group. The two Germans are considered superior managers to the Norwegian in United’s dugout, though the Red Devils do possess individual quality in the final third that gives them a chance against two defences that aren’t necessarily the best in Europe. Finally, the new Turkish champions have waited a long time to debut in the group stages, but there won’t be much room for romanticism as Basaksehir have started their new campaign terribly and they simply don’t stack up anywhere close to the other three teams in the group.