DavidEU

POT 1 Chelsea (ENG) Manchester United (ENG) Liverpool (ENG) Barcelona (SPA) Arsenal (ENG) Lyon (FRA) Internazionale Milano (ITA) Real Madrid (ESP) POT 2 Bayern Munich (GER) PSV Eindhoven (NED) Villarreal (ESP) Roma (ITA) Porto (POR) Werder Bremen (GER) Sporting Lisbon (POR) Juventus (ITA) POT 3 Marseille (FRA) Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) Steaua Bucharest (ROU) Panathinaikos (GRE) Bordeaux (FRA) Celtic (SCO) Basel (SUI) Fenerbahçe (TUR) POT 4 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) Fiorentina (ITA) Atlético Madrid (ESP) Dynamo Kiev (UKR) Cluj (ROU) Aalborg (DEN) Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP) BATE Borisov (BLR)

From www.chelseamegastore.com. Idiots.

Robinho not even on the bench for their friendly tonight.

You mean most likely it wont be #23? Kenyon gave a similar interview to Chelsea TV tonight, but was a little more optimistic. He also said that Robinho is committed to joining Chelsea.

Erm, Carlo? Can't have a squad number thats been registered to another player for the season, so Carlo or anyone else can't give it up for him.

Bayern Juventus Fenerbahce Group of death?

They wernt. It was in first knock out round. If Liverpool and Arsenal dont qualify then the 2 top teams from Pot B (Bayern and PSV) go into Pot A , and Twente and Liege would go into Pot C or D. Here is the full list of pots at the moment. Pot A 1 Manchester United Eng 107,996 C 1 (TH) 2 Chelsea Eng 124,996 C 1 3 Liverpool Eng 118,996 C Q3 4 Barcelona Spa 117,837 C Q3 5 Arsenal Eng 110,996 C Q3 6 Olympique Lyon Fra 99,380 C 1 7 Internazionale Ita 96,934 C 1 8 Real Madrid Spa 93,837 C 1 Pot B 9 Bayern München Ger 92,078 C 1 10 PSV Net 91,610 C 1 11 Villarreal Spa 90,837 C 1 12 AS Roma Ita 81,934 C 1 13 Porto Por 81,176 C 1 14 Werder Bremen Ger 74,078 C 1 15 Sporting Portugal Por 67,176 C 1 16 Schalke 04 Ger 67,078 C Q3 Pot C 17 Juventus Ita 66,934 C Q3 18 Olympique Marseille Fra 63,380 C Q3 19 Zenit St.Petersburg Rus 60,437 C 1 20 Steaua Bucuresti Rom 59,398 C Q3 21 Panathinaikos Gre 52,525 C Q2 22 Girondins Bordeaux Fra 52,380 C 1 23 Celtic Sco 52,013 C 1 24 Basel Swi 51,993 C Q2 Pot D 25 Olympiakos Piraeus Gre 51,525 C Q3 26 Fenerbahçe Tur 51,469 C Q2 27 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukr 49,932 C Q3 28 Fiorentina Ita 40,934 C Q3 29 Spartak Moscow Rus 40,437 C Q3 30 Levski Sofia Bul 32,644 C Q3 31 Cluj Rom 13,398 C 1 32 Aalborg Den 12,748 C Q2

No, you are wrong. Champions League pot placing is based on seeding points, which are listed next to the teams. These 'points' are based on the clubs record in the UCL over the last 5 years.

Sky Sports News talk such bullshit. Kenyon said nothing of the sort. Basically just said talks are on going.

Its 4 pots. 1 team from each pot. We are in the same pot as Inter and Barca, and therefore cant draw them.

Can't have them mate. They are in the top seeds with us. Pot A 1 Manchester United Eng 107,996 C 1 (TH) 2 Chelsea Eng 124,996 C 1 3 Liverpool Eng 118,996 C Q3 4 Barcelona Spa 117,837 C Q3 5 Arsenal Eng 110,996 C Q3 6 Olympique Lyon Fra 99,380 C 1 7 Internazionale Ita 96,934 C 1 8 Real Madrid Spa 93,837 C 1 Cant face any of them.

SSN Breaking News: Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon says club expect to sign Robinho within 48 hours. Not a fan of the guy, but when he comes out and says something like that, hes normally right. He's not like Calderon or Aulaus who just come out and speak crap every day just to make headlines. Fingers crossed.

Information: Despite being first seeds on the points basis, Chelsea go into the draw ranked second in pot one behind holders Manchester United. Bayern Munich return to the competition after missing last years. Juventus also return after a few years out of Europes top competition. AC Milan miss out after finishing 5th in Serie A. Zenit St Petersburg and CFR Cluj from Romania are the less familar names already qualified. ---- 19 teams have already qualified for the group stages. They are: Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona, Lyon, Inter, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSV, Villarreal, Roma, Porto, Werder Bremen, Sporting, Juventus, Zenit, Panathinikos, Bordeaux, Celtic, Cluj. ---- The remaining 13 teams shall be decided tonight from the following ties (Teams leading from first leg shown in bold): Fiorentina vs Slavia, Spartak Moscow v Dinamo Kiev, Levski v BATE, Shakhtar vs Zagreb, Anorthosis vs Olympiakos, AaB vs Kaunas, Galatasaray vs Steaua, Brann vs Marseille, Schalke vs Atletico, Twente vs Arsenal, Partizan vs Fenerbahce, Standard vs Liverpool, Guimaraes vs Basel

The Champions League group stage draw takes place tomorrow (Thursday 28th August 2008, 5PM) Please discuss the draw here, and here only. The road to Rome starts here. Come on you Chels'.

Yeh, but the press also said we were on the brink of signing Kaka for £70m a few weeks ago. I don't believe any of this. IMO Kenyon is still in Madrid, Robinho is still training with Madrid, and they are struggling to agree a deal. Hope i'm wrong.

According to Goal, AS and Guillem Balague.

AS and Marca also reckon the deal is close.

Removed Sheva and Pizarro.

The signs are all good for us, but i'm really not optimistic. I can see Calderon being very awkward over this, as well as Schuster. I just dont understand why Robinho didnt do this a month ago, and give us time to get the deal done.

Sheva on www.acmilan.com: "I want to salute the supporters of Chelsea for supporting me in my last two years. I thank you for this."

At the end of the game tonight, the camera's cut to the Real Madrid bench all up on their feet before the final whistle, celebrating and cheering. Camera then cut to Robinho who was sitting at the back of the bench on his own.

After winning the Italian Super Cup on penalties: Jose. We love you.

From Marca: Robinho already has taken first tooted, when the public address system has appointed him when enumerating the substitutes of Real Madrid. Hes not Mr Popular in Madrid.

Confirmed: Robinho on the bench.

Real Madrid play Valencia tonight. The 'probable lineup' on realmadrid.com has Robinho not involved...