Last year's all-English Champions League final should have come as no surprise.
The money and power of the Premier League means England is the dominant force in European club football and in Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal they have four genuine contenders for the continent's top prize.
Totesport are quite right to want to swerve the Premier League's Big Four and are running for cover by making an English winner odds-on.
Sky Bet don't seem as convinced though. They dangle 13/8 about England being the winning nation again and that looks a price that has to be smashed into.
English sides have won it twice in the last four years and also provided the last three losing finalists. Drill down another layer and you find four more losing English semi-finalists.
For the last two seasons, England have got three of their big guns into the semis so this dominance is growing stronger and stronger. With a favourable draw, who would be surprised to see the full house of two all-English semi-finals?
It seems that AC Milan and Barcelona apart the cream of Europe has wilted in this English onslaught.
Real Madrid haven't progressed beyond the last 16 for the last four years, Inter Milan have been hopeless and the likes of Bayern, Juventus, Roma and Lyon have been swept aside before the business end.
Inter are 7/1 third favourites in many books this year and that looks crazily short given how they've capitulated in recent seasons when taken out of the comfort zone of Serie A.
But at least they're in it! AC Milan haven't even qualified this season so one obvious threat to the English dominance has been removed.
Barcelona meanwhile have started the new Primera Liga season poorly under new coach Pep Guardiola, taking just one point from the opening two games.
Sure they have an abundance of talent on paper but as was so often the case throughout last season, they can be very frustrating to watch when it doesn't quite click.
They were toothless against Manchester United in both of their semi-final legs in the previous campaign and we're not convinced they are worth backing, even at 8/1, given the power of the English clubs.
In the tournament top scorer markets, it's no surprise to see last season's winner Cristiano Ronaldo as the 10/1 favourite with Sky Bet to repeat the feat.
The Manchester United star netted eight times throughout their successful European campaign - two clear of his nearest rivals - including a fine header in the final against Chelsea.
The big question this year is can he keep up his sensational record in front of goal? Or, indeed, will he need to?
One of the main talking points at Old Trafford had been the need for a genuine goalscoring striker as there was seemingly too much reliance on Ronaldo to deliver the goods due to the relatively barren spells of hard-working duo Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney.
With the Potuguese winger's injury ruling him out for the start of the season, the Red Devils were in desperate need of a big summer signing and at long last they finally got their man - Dimitar Berbatov.
The former Tottenham favourite, who is no stranger to the European scene, will spearhead United's quest for back-to-back Champions League titles and we're expecting him to make a mockery of his 12/1 price with Sky Bet.
In last season's UEFA Cup he scored five times despite Spurs being knocked out of the competition in the last 16 and of course this time there's the distinct possibility of plenty more matches.
If Berbatov produces the same kind of quality we've grown accustomed to, there's a chance Ronaldo won't be so urgently forcing his way onto the scoresheet like he had to last year and that's why we're siding with the Bulgarian.
He's got two cracking opportunities against Danish side Aalborg to give himself a real boost up the standings while it's still unclear as to when exactly Ronaldo will be fit enough to make his Champions League bow.
Even if he returns earlier than planned, it might take him a significant amount of time to reproduce his best form.
Another leading candidate is Fernando Torres, who is a best of 11/1 with Blue Square, but while there is no doubting the Spaniard's talents, Liverpool's group is tough and it's asking a lot for them to go quite as far as United.
Real Madrid poacher Ruud van Nistelrooy is also up there in the betting, as are the Barcelona duo of Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o and you'd have to say they'll all be threats to us if the Primera Liga 'big two' progress far.
But as we mentioned earlier, Real's recent form in the Champions League is suspect while you never know quite what you're going to get with Eto'o and his inconsistency could well keep him out of the running.
Messi grabbed six goals to finish joint runner-up with Steven Gerrard, Didier Drogba and Torres last season and I'm sure we'll see him entertaining the Catalan crowd with his dazzling skills once again. At 16/1 he is one to watch.
It's always wise to have a stab at an outsider and the 50/1 available with Sky Bet on Pavel Pogrebnyak is worth considering each-way.
The Russian striker was a vital cog in the Zenit St Petersburg machine last season, netting an incredible 10 times in Europe as they stomed to UEFA Cup glory while he also struck in the recent 2-1 Super Cup triumph over Manchester United.
We're confident Zenit are capable of progressing further than most observers think - as highlighted in our group betting preview - so if Pogrebnyak can play at least eight games, he certainly has an opportunity of being one of the top four goalscorers.