#2 Borussia Dortmund
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It may be a far cry from Jurgen Klopp’s gegenpressing, dynamic Dortmund of 2013, but Thomas Tuchel’s new look group has undergone some severe changes in personnel this summer and looks well set-up to be a force in Europe once again in the 2016/17 season.
Real Madrid are the only danger in Dortmund’s draw, with Legia Warsaw and Sporting Lisbon the other two outfits in a relatively weak Group F.
Absent from the Champions League picture last term, Borussia Dortmund were in a fine position to challenge in the UEFA Europa League before being dislodged from Europe altogether by Liverpool in the competition’s quarter-final stage.
The addition of Marc Bartra came to fruition to plug the gap left by Mats Hummels, while the return of Mario Götze coupled with a €30 million move for Wolfsburg’s Andre Schürrle provides the prolific Aubameyang with excellent service going forwards.
Despite the scattergun approach to this summer’s window, the team is still full of faces who’ve experienced the club’s previous Champions League endeavours and a European night at the Signal Iduna Park can send chills down any opposition’s spines.
