Newcastle hero John Beresford is hoping for an exciting Champions League draw.
Beresford played for Newcastle in the elite competition in the past.
He told ChronicleLive: "All you want now is a fantastic draw. People say to me 'You'll need an easy draw'.
"Well there is no easy draw in the Champions League. You want the glory draw and visiting the best. I hope we get Inter Milan, Real Madrid or Barcelona, and the fans are swanning round one of Europe's brightest lights. They deserve it. Because of seeding we have an unbelievable chance of that.
"It is phenomenal to do it in 18 months. It takes us back, myself and Shaka Hislop always talk about it, going back to the glory days. We know how good it tastes. We've been there.
"When the takeover went through, I'd have said four or five years maybe being reasonable for Champions League. To say 18 months, oh my God!"