The modern Champions League format has little space for romance or novelty — as seen by this week’s fixture list as Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, met again for the upteenth time in recent years.

Diego Maradona's return to Napoli could be jeapordised after his arrest in Italy over tax-evasion claims.

Napoli owner Giorgio Corbelli says he wants to bring Diego Maradona back to the football club of his glory days, but not as general manager.