Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole have ranked the Champions League contenders forward of the quarter-final draw on Friday morning and agree on the 4 favourites to carry the trophy.
Holders Chelsea secured their place within the draw with a 2-1 victory over French aspect Lille final night time.
Thomas Tuchel’s aspect can be joined within the hat by Premier League rivals Manchester Metropolis and Liverpool, German champions Bayern Munich, La Liga champions Atletico Madrid, Spanish sides Actual Madrid and Villarreal and Portuguese membership Benfica.
Premier League leaders Man Metropolis thumped Sporting Lisbon 5-0 within the earlier spherical, whereas Liverpool knocked out Serie A aspect Inter Milan.
Actual Madrid surprised Paris Saint-Germain to proceed their bid to win a record-extending 14th Champions League title and Atletico Madrid progressed on the expense of Manchester United.
Bayern Munich thrashed RB Salzburg 8-2 on combination of their last-16 tie, whereas Villarreal and Benfica defeated Juventus and Ajax respectively.
After European champions Chelsea progressed to the quarter-finals, Cole instructed BT Sport: ‘I feel they’re fourth favourites to win it.
‘The opposite English groups, Man Metropolis and Liverpool, are favourites for me and it’s a flip of a coin between them on the day. After which I put Bayern simply above Chelsea.’
Requested to rank the remaining Champions League contenders, Cole added: ‘Proper now I'd go Liverpool, Man Metropolis, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Actual Madrid, Villarreal, Benfica.’
Former Manchester United and England defender Ferdinand, in the meantime, mentioned: ‘I’d go Man Metropolis, then Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Actual Madrid, Villarreal, Benfica.’
Chelsea put the disaster at Stamford Bridge to 1 aspect with an assured efficiency in opposition to Lille on Wednesday night time.
Below Tuchel, the Blues haven't solely gained the Champions League but in addition the Tremendous Cup and Membership World Cup.
‘I would like us to be the group no one needs to play,’ Tuchel mentioned forward of the quarter-final draw. ‘That’s the position we see ourselves on this final spherical of eight.
‘It’s a giant step to do it repeatedly and that's the reason we battle for top-four locations in possibly the hardest league on the planet and we battle now once more within the prime eight groups.
‘This brings out the perfect in us and we wish to be the group no one needs to play in opposition to… Let’s see what occurs.’
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