TOTTENHAM face Bayern Munich but otherwise got lucky with tonight's Champions League draw for the group stages.
Mauricio Pochettino's 2019 finalists will take on the Bundesliga champions, plus Greek runners-up Olympiacos and Serbian kings Crvena zvezda.
Spurs have started this term tamely, with just four points from three Premier League games, after ending last season with a 2-0 Champions League final defeat against Liverpool on June 1.
But Pochettino will expect to qualify comfortably from Group B after drawing only Bayern from Europe's major leagues.
Tottenham and Bayern were yesterday shown to be further down the transfer-spending list over the past decade than many might expect.
Prem champs Manchester City predictably head Barcelona and Real Madrid at the top of the list.
But Spurs are just 17th, two places below Bayern.
The German have picked up four points from their first two Bundesliga matches this campaign.
And it is something of a fresh feeling for Niko Kovac's men after the summer exits of wing legends Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery.
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