After participating in the Europa League the previous season, Manchester United is back in the Champions League, and the MEN has created a 40-page special that you can buy right now for just £3.
This year, Manchester United will once again compete with the great boys of Europe, and they will begin their group-stage schedule by traveling to face Bayern Munich of Germany.
Bayern is currently riding an 11-game winning streak in the Bundesliga and has won the greatest competition in club football six times. Whatever your opinion of the level of competition in Germany, that is an impressive accomplishment.
They are now much better thanks to the arrival of England captain Harry Kane, and on June 1 of next year, they are the undisputed second-favorite to win the Champions League.
Although Bayern leads the head-to-head record between the two teams, with four wins to United’s two (there have been five draws), United won the most significant match of them all in the 1999 Champions League final.
Since then, United has played Bayern eight times: twice in the group stage of the 2001–2002 season, where both games ended in draws; and six times over the course of three two-leg quarterfinals, in 2001, 2010 and 2014, where Bayern won each time.
Copenhagen and Galatasaray, two other European powerhouses who have beaten United in the Champions League before the turn of the century, are joining United in Group A.
The MEN has prepared a 40-page special previewing United’s most recent attempt at European glory before the team’s season officially kicks off.
