It will be later this afternoon – or perhaps later this evening, given the usual length of UEFA draws – that Chelsea discover their three opponents for the 2022/23 Champions League group stage.
There are illustrious clubs aplenty the Blues could draw. And potential trips to many of Europe's grandest cities. Last term, Thomas Tuchel and his players faced off likes of Juventus and Real Madrid. The latter knocked Chelsea out at the quarter-final stage in the Bernabeu.
The hope, as always, is this season will be different. That Chelsea can again lift the big-eared trophy – as they did in Porto in 2021 after defeating Man City. But there is a long way to go before that point, and it all starts with the group stage, which gets underway in just under three weeks' time.
