Which of the continent's Champions League contenders are best placed to win Europe's premier club competition this term?
COMMENT By Solace Chukwu Follow on Twitter
Perhaps the biggest legacy of Cristiano Ronaldo's departure from Real Madrid is that it brings back the entropy that for so long made the Champions League so revered.
While it once seemed that retainership of the coveted trophy was the holy grail of European football, the monopoly that Real have enjoyed in the last three years had stripped away much of the mystique of it.