5 favourites to win UEFA Champions League this season

#4 Paris Saint-Germain

Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA Champions League Round of 16: First Leg

For years now, PSG have started their Champions League campaign with a strong squad and high hopes but every time the media hypes them up to the levels of European giants like Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern, they bottle out when it matters the most. The 6-1 defeat to Barcelona and the humiliating defeat to Real Madrid last season were supposed to be clear examples of PSG not being on the same level as these bigger clubs with a proven pedigree in the big competitions.

But this year, when most pundits sidelined PSG's chances against an in-form Manchester United due to the former's injury problems, the French side delivered, and they delivered in style.

With one big step already in the quarter-finals, what Paris must do is to hold out Manchester United in France next month and they'll be back in the books of the media houses as one of the strongest contenders for playing at the Wanda this summer. The Parisians are expected to have their talismanic forwards Neymar Jr and Edinson Cavani back by the time the Quarter Finals start, provided they are able to defend against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United, who will be without their talisman Paul Pogba.