The Celtic Champions League dream and nightmare draw scenarios as last season's finalists represent glitz and risk

Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt contested one of the most memorable finals in the history of European football. And it was in Glasgow as Hampden Park played host to a 10-goal thriller with Los Blancos running out 7-3 winners to win the fifth of their 14 European crowns.

Yet the Spanish and German clubs have followed very different paths since that classic encounter 62 years ago. And that’s why, when the Champions League draw takes place on Thursday teatime, they could represent the best and worst scenarios for Celtic if either face a return to Glasgow in this season’s competition.

Hoops skipper Callum McGregor fancies a crack at the holders and Spanish giants for a bit of glamour. And it’s always the dilemma players and fans face when it comes to the draw. The glitzy rivals but a more difficult chance of progressing or skip the stardust and, on paper at least, go for a more realistic chance of reaching the knockout stage?

Ahead of Friday’s draw in Istanbul, Record Sport has taken a look at the pots and had a shot at picking out what would be the best and worst case scenarios for Ange Postecoglou and his men when the draw takes place in Istanbul.

Pot 1 - Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Manchester City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, PSG, Porto, Ajax

Pot 2 - Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham

Pot 3 - Borussia Dortmund, RB Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen

Pot 3 or 4 - Marseille, Qarabag/Viktoria Plzen, Bodo Glimt/Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Haifa/Red Star Belgrade, Copenhagen/Trabzonspor, PSV Eindhoven/Rangers, Dynamo Kiev/Benfica

Pot 4 - Celtic, Club Brugge

Real Madrid, Liverpool, Inter Milan

The prospect of