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Champions League draw: Man City, PSG should escape Group A, Inter Milan and Barcelona in trouble?

Lionel Messi will face Pep Guardiola -- and maybe even Cristiano Ronaldo -- in a blockbuster Champions League clash after Paris Saint-Germain were paired with Manchester City in Group A of this season's competition.

City and PSG, the last two losing finalists in the Champions League, have both invested huge sums in player recruitment this summer in an effort to end their shared desperation to win the competition for the first time. And Messi, who came close to leaving Barcelona for City last season, will head to the Etihad Stadium with PSG after completing a shock move to the French giants earlier this month.