Former Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso will bring his Leverkusen side back to Anfield in this season’s new-look Champions League. For the first time all the qualifiers will be in one 36-team league phase, rather than eight four-team group. At Thursday evening’s draw in Monaco a new computer software was used to give each team four home games and four away …

According to The Mail, Crystal Palace were all set to accept Newcastle’s £70m bid for Marc Guehi until an injury forced the Eagles into a re-think. Chief reporter Sami Mokbel reports that we held positive talks earlier in the week, leaving Palace ‘ready to accept’ our fifth bid of £65m plus £5m in add-ons. However, a knee injury to centre-back …

Aston Villa fans watched the Champions League draw excitedly and they were NOT disappointed. Villa will host Bayern Munich, Juventus and Celtic at home. Bologna will also come to Villa Park, while Unai Emery’s men will travel to RB Leipzig, Club Bruges, Young Boys and Monaco. After the draw, interest in Champions League tickets among Aston Villa fans went through …

The biggest flaw in Barcelona’s transfer window so far was the wrong sense of expectation that was spread to the fans and players. The Blaugrana were never close to returning to the financial 1:1 rule as it depended on pulling through the deals with Nike and Barca Vision all along. The operations that had not been completed in months were …

The draw for the revamped 2024/25 Champions League ‘League Phase’ has been made, with the likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool and Bayern Munich learning their fate. This season’s competition will look rather different than in years past, with the group stage scrapped in favour of one 36-team League Phase. With every team now playing two extra group matches, this phase …

Less than a month into the new season, and Barcelona already have a long list of injured players. While Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong and Gavi were injured prior to pre-season, Ansu Fati joined them on the sidelines just before the team’s trip to the USA. Earlier this week, Marc Bernal ruptured his ACL and is thus the latest entrant …

New Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca doesn’t stop talking. Why would any club pay asking prices for its unwanted players? And why would any player sign long-term deals at Chelsea now? Maresca has continuously taken a hard line on unwanted players at the club. The Blues have more than 40 senior players and are feverishly […] New Chelsea head coach …

The draw for the league phase of the Champions League handed Liverpool a home game against Real Madrid and fans are already desperate to get tickets. Liverpool will also host Xavi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Bologna during the group phase, while their away matches will be against RB Leipzig, AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven and Girona. Tickets have not yet …

The 2024-25 UEFA Champions League’s newly established league phase is set. UEFA revealed the league phase schedule on Thursday in Switzerland with all 32 teams learning their schedules. Reigning UCL holders Real Madrid earned a road trip to Liverpool and a home clash with Borussia Dortmund while several other top European clubs received intriguing ties of their own. Each team …

Liverpool have learned who they will face in the revamped League Phase of the Champions League. The six-time European champions are returning to Europe’s top table after a year in the Europa League, with Arne Slot leading them in the Champions League for the first time — in a revamped version of the competition, no less. Slot’s side will open …