Real Madrid are once again the team to beat in the new-look Champions League

A caller season, a caller format, the aforesaid aged winner. That’s the 2024/25 Champions League successful a nutshell.

Of course, there’s a beardown lawsuit for Manchester City to triumph the prestigious tourney and Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen, Barcelona and Inter Milan volition beryllium beardown candidates arsenic well.

The biggest nine lucifer successful European shot volition beryllium played astatine Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena connected Saturday, May 31 and determination would beryllium nary amended mode for Harry Kane to extremity his agelong hold to assistance a trophy than by doing truthful connected location turf.

Arsenal indispensable travel into the reckoning arsenic well, though their unwanted grounds of playing 211 matches without winning the competition, stretching backmost to erstwhile it was the European Cup, doesn’t assistance their cause.

They are fantabulous astatine reaching the knockout stages but usually occurrence retired aft that and it is simply a akin communicative with Paris Saint-Germain, who flatter to deceive. They person mislaid feared finisher Kylian Mbappe and that is simply a immense obstacle to overcome.

Although City can’t beryllium ruled retired wholly their absorption volition beryllium firmly acceptable connected winning a 5th consecutive Premier League rubric successful what could beryllium Pep Guardiola’s past play successful charge, with the FA Cup and Carabao Cup cluttering up an already hectic docket to further complicate matters.

Pep has 109 victories successful 170 games successful the Champions League arsenic a manager and City look arsenic bully arsenic ever astatine the commencement of the caller home play truthful it’s nary astonishment they are the 11/4 favourites with Ladbrokes, Coral and a raft of different bookmakers.

The astir apt winners, however, indispensable beryllium Real Madrid. The reigning champions are chasing a 16th occurrence successful the tourney and person lifted the trophy doubly successful the past 3 years.

Adding Mbappe to their onslaught strengthens their credentials and they are 7/2 with Paddy Power and Betfair to bask further celebrations adjacent summer. 

France guardant Mbappe is 6/1 with Bet Victor to beryllium the starring goalscorer though Robert Lewandowski is worthy an each-way flutter arsenic Barcelona look a overmuch amended broadside with Hansi Flick successful complaint astatine the Nou Camp and helium could flourish.

Meanwhile, Serie A champions Inter Milan reached the last 2 years agone erstwhile they gave City a tally for their wealth and are worthy backing each-way astatine 25/1 with Paddy Power, Betfair and bet365.

• Kevin de Bruyne is 8/1 with Unibet, BetMGM and BetUK to supply the astir assists successful this season’s Champions League.

• Stick Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Inter Milan successful a 10/1 treble with Betway to beryllium their countries apical teams aft the league signifier is completed.

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