TOUGH TEST: ARSENAL HAVE BEEN DRAWN WITH MARSEILLE, DORTMUND AND NAPOLI IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Arsenal were put under further pressure to spend in the transfer market when they were drawn in the hardest group in the Champions League.

Arsenal who have made just two free signings (Yaya Sanogo, Mathieu Flamini) this summer, were last night drawn in Group F with Marseilles, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli.

Drawing Dortmund and Napoli from pots three and four respectively made it the hardest draw Arsenal could have received; despite being seeded in pot one.

DORTMUND

Dortmund lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich at Wembley. But won the Bundesliga in both 2010-11 and 2011-12 ,This summer they lost Mario Götze to Bayern Munich for €37m (£31m) but have reinvested the money, signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk – beating off interest from Liverpool – as well as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Saint-Etienne and Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Werder Bremen. Jürgen Klopp’s team have started the season well, beating Bayern 4-2 in the German Super Cup last month.

NAPOLI

Napoli are another side who have sold big and reinvested this summer, spending the £53m they received from Paris Saint-German for Edinson Cavani on Gonzalo Higuain, Pepe Reina, Jose Maria Callejon, Raul Albiol, Dries Mertens and more, and are now managed by the former Chelsea interim coach Rafael Benitez.

MARSEILLES

Marseilles are the least-threatening side in the group but still finished second in Ligue 1 last season and have the talented Ghanaian international winger Andre Ayew and France midfielder Mathieu Valbuena.

Will Arsenal be able to Qualify for the group stage against this Giants?