6 of the best: Contenders to Bayern Munich's European crown

2. Borrusia Dortmund

Jurgen Klopp was understandably bitter to lose his best player to his side’s closest rivals.

When the transfer of Mario Goetze to Bayern Munich was announced shortly before the final, much doom was initially predicted for Dortmund and few believed a repeat of their mesmerising displays through to the final would be possible.

Pierre Aubameyang of Dortmund has had a terrific start to this season

However, after fending off much interest in top scorer Robert Lewandowski, manager Jurgen Klopp set about not only finding a replacement for the departed Goetze, but also to add more depth to a squad that had failed to match Bayern on two fronts.

The Goetze money was reinvested in the Shakhtar Donetsk playmaker, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and St. Etienne’s jet-heeled forward, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The addition of these two players has not only softened the blow of losing their best player, but completely energised Klopp’s forward line. Aubameyang’s pace in particular has added a whole new dimension to Dortmund’s style, creating an absolutely lethal counter-attack which has catapulted them to the top of the Bundesliga with a hundred percent record.