PSG, Real Madrid and Liverpool are listed as the leading favourites for the 2025-26 Champions League, with Arsenal, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Chelsea also expected to compete strongly. Arsenal drew Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, and will host Kairat Almaty rather than travel to Kazakhstan, improving their group prospects. Inter Milan enter the season in transition after Simone Inzaghi's departure and Cristian Chivu's appointment. Napoli emerged as a dangerous outsider from Pot 4, facing Chelsea at home and Manchester City away, plus home matches with Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting CP and Qarabag and away fixtures including PSV.
The Champions League is back! Three months after Paris Saint-Germain won the competition for the first time in team history with a 5-0 rout of Inter Milan in Munich, the draw for the league phase of the 2025-26 season has now mapped out the path to this edition's final in Budapest. PSG, Real Madrid and Liverpool lead the list of favourites to emerge as Champions League winners in the Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026,
Are Arsenal the biggest club that has never won the Champions League? It may be a toss of a coin between the Gunners and Atletico Madrid for that prize, but Mikel Arteta's side reached the semifinals last season and they have a decent path to the knockout stage this time around. - Marcotti: Seven truths about transfer market -Ogden: The beginning of the end for Amorim after Grimsby loss? -Connelly: Early season overreactions in European soccer
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