What Celtic or Rangers need to happen to secure Champions League £40m bounty as Chelsea join four team danger list

The Continent's biggest and best do battle again this week and that means over the coming fortnight there are four juicy ties to take in.

But there's also plenty at stake from a Scottish standpoint as our automatic group stage position in the Champions League is back in play.

By now you might not require reacquainting with the huge prize pot on offer for this season's champions, which now look likely to be Celtic after they overcame Rangers at Ibrox on Sunday.

It leave Ange Postecoglou's men six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership and looking good to scoop what is almost certain to be an automatic pass to the competition proper and the £40million that goes with it.

Almost certain.

Because that avenue could be shut off if the team that wins the Champions League does NOT qualify automatically from their own domestic league.

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10 years ago next month Chelsea managed that feat when Didier Drogba struck the winning penalty against Bayern Munich in their own backyard and in those medieval times it was the fourth-placed side in England that missed out.

Current UEFA regulations now dictate that the knock-on effect passes further down the co-efficient food chain and would knock Celtic or