THE BIG NAMES

BARCELONA

Where do you begin? Lionel Messi is the most prolific winner ever of the Ballon d’Or. Luis Suarez has scored 59 goals in 63 matches for Barcelona and will meet up again with former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers. Neymar is fresh from leading his home nation Brazil to Olympic gold. While Andres Iniesta and Gerard Pique have won the World Cup and the European Championship in addition to everything the domestic game can offer to Barcelona. Frightening.

MANCHESTER CITY

Celtic will have to contend with Sergio Aguero, who has found the net 105 times in 152 games and already has six goals in City’s first three competitive games of the season. Meanwhile, £17million goalkeeper Claudio Bravo will be facing his old team Barcelona quicker than he was anticipating after completing a move from the Nou Camp to the Etihad yesterday. Celtic defender Kolo Toure’s brother Yaya looks to be on his way out at City but Kolo will still be relishing an encounter with his former club.

MONCHENGLADBACH

They may have lost captain Granit Xhaka to Arsenal but Thorgan Hazard looks set to become Gladbach’s latest prized asset. Brother of Chelsea star Eden, he hit a hat-trick in Wednesday’s 6-1 second-leg win over Young Boys. His brother at Stamford Bridge reckons that Thorgan is the better player of the two and the 23-year-old looks set to show why this season. The German side’s resources have been stripped over the summer but it’s the relentless energy and teamwork that are the foundations of Schubert’s Gladbach.