Barcelona slip to a ferocious-looking Champions League pot 2 for the first time in 19 years

The Nou Camp club won't be top seeds, joining Manchester United, Atletico Madrid and more in a tough pot

Barcelona now look very unlikely to win the title (Getty)

Barcelona will slide to pot 2 of the Champions League group stage draw in August, the first time in 19 years that they aren't top seeds, joining a fearsome pool of clubs that could get drawn against the tournament's big guns.

With Uefa having changed the rules so that only league champions are included in the top-seeded pot, Barcelona slip and join Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto and (most likely, but pending play-offs) Manchester City and Sevilla in pot 2.

Should the Seville club or City miss out, Napoli would likely take their place.

It makes the lineup of pot 2 far scarier than that of the first seeds, even with the likes of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Juventus in there. Pot 2 is decided by Uefa coefficient.

Pot 1 (champions pot) for 2017/18 group stage draw:

• Holders: Real Madrid
• Germany: Bayern München
• England: Chelsea
• Italy: Juventus
• Portugal: Benfica
• France: Monaco
• Russia: Spartak Moscow
• Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk

Pot 2 for 2017/18 group stage draw:

• Barcelona
• Atletico Madrid
• Paris Saint-Germain
• Borussia Dortmund
• Manchester United
• Porto
• Manchester City (pending playoff)
• Sevilla (pending playoff)