Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain will play Bayern Munich and Barcelona in this season’s league phase and record 15-times winners Real Madrid will face Manchester City and Liverpool.

PSG’s easiest opponents, in theory, in the league phase will be fixtures against England’s Newcastle United and Spain’s Athletic Bilbao.

Tottenham, the Europa League champion , also will play PSG in a repeat of their Super Cup game two weeks ago. PSG’s eight-game schedule is completed by Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta and Sporting Lisbon.

Real Madrid also got a challenging draw, including a trip far east to play Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan – 6,420 kilometres (4,000 miles) from the Spanish capital.

Madrid got two English opponents from the pot of highest-ranked teams, hosting Manchester City, whi

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