UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[DaNNy001]

Manchester City's consistency over the last season has been truly astonishing. They played well. I thought that since Manchester City gave their full focus to the Champions League, they might not be able to win the Premier League title. But Guardiola did a fantastic job last season. Manchester City's performance in both the Premier League and Champions League was steady. And City have won two such competitive league titles. This is a big achievement for them. If we can maintain this consistency in the next season, maybe we will see the team become champions again.

Everyone love and applaud their outstanding performance in the last season which earn them the treble. All thanks to the brilliant Coach; Pep and his players who have struggled to win that title for themselves. Every team now is warming and strengthening their squad for the upcoming season. Until the season starts, we can’t predict or make assumptions on the team that could possibly emerge for the champions league trophy next season. Time will tell as we keep focus and watch how these teams will play when the new season begins for the champions league competition.

Speculation and prediction is actually what every gamblers do and even if the season hasn't started yet, making assumption to how the next season will be is what everyone does although you are right because most teams are still purchasing and strengthening their squad and moreover teams tend to perform well during the preseason match ups but when the real deal actually starts they tend to play rubbish and lose games and even make gamblers lose a lot because seeing win lots of games in the preseason friendly would have given you a thought that the team is now good enough but sometimes later is the case.

[BITCOIN4X]

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I actually have no doubt about Manchester City. They might have lost a lot top players and will most likely lose more, but I know what Pep is capable of. Also, the transfer market is still open and there is still a lot of time for them to reinforce their squad. Mahrez and left and they're looking for a replacement for him. They are talking about getting Raphinha which would be a very good replacement. The good thing about Pep is that he can turn Raphinha to a world class player, the same way he'll turn Kovacic into a world class player.
I heard a swap deal with Barcelona for Raphinha and Benardo is on the table.
Pep is a genius. He needs good players to succeed quite alright, but the players in Manchester City is ready for anything. All the need is like three players; a right winger, a right back and a central midfielder and they will be good.

Pep Guardiola is known as a coaching genius, so I think it's a bit odd to doubt him and his squad when he's working for a team as wealthy as Manchester City. So far Manchester City have really fulfilled his demands, of course it's about the budget in the transfer market. Manchester City have also signed some good players so far, so surely their strength has improved.

Manchester City haven't lost much in their squad basically, but the impact will always be there. Kovacic still has to adapt to his new team, the same goes for the other players. So in the end I can say that Manchester City are the favorites in the Champions League next season even though they won the title last season but of course there are no guarantees about the title.

[shogun47]

In this case he has already said that the season 2024/2025 will be his last season at Manchester City and given how he emphasized his "no, no, no" when he was asked whether it is possible that he will extend his contract again, I believe this time he will leave the club no matter what happens. Although I hope that he doesn't because he fits very well into the club. Many things will change when one day Ancelotti, Mourinho and Guardiola will be gone and who knows for how long Klopp will be around. Thinking about it, those guys have contributed a lot in their own ways to the sport.

I am not entirely sure though, I feel like if they keep up being this good, maybe he could stay a little longer, not really sure if he will actually reject a good deal.

I mean if they keep being this good, City will offer a great deal for him without a doubt and rejecting it makes no sense to me. If he is looking for a new chapter in his life, then he could try to make that work as well, but that's not going to be simple so why change your life when you are already doing so well. Plus he established his roots there already, he is a young manager, and he could literally become an icon there. Think about it, if he stays for another 10+ more seasons, then they could have maybe another 10 titles, that's just unreal, SAF levels.

One option for him would probably be to coach the Spanish national team, but when you think that he isn't willing to turn down a good offer from an amazing club like Manchester City, think back what he turned down when the Barcelona bosses gave him carte blanche to write down his own salary in 2012 or so when he would decide to extend his contract back at the time. He had formed the best team in the world without a doubt and yet he decided to leave and go to Bayern. I mean when do you get a chance to have a combination of players like he had in Barcelona and yet he left. It's difficult but his words sound final. But I agree with you that we are not there yet.

[Docnaster]

In this case he has already said that the season 2024/2025 will be his last season at Manchester City and given how he emphasized his "no, no, no" when he was asked whether it is possible that he will extend his contract again, I believe this time he will leave the club no matter what happens. Although I hope that he doesn't because he fits very well into the club. Many things will change when one day Ancelotti, Mourinho and Guardiola will be gone and who knows for how long Klopp will be around. Thinking about it, those guys have contributed a lot in their own ways to the sport.

I am not entirely sure though, I feel like if they keep up being this good, maybe he could stay a little longer, not really sure if he will actually reject a good deal.

I mean if they keep being this good, City will offer a great deal for him without a doubt and rejecting it makes no sense to me. If he is looking for a new chapter in his life, then he could try to make that work as well, but that's not going to be simple so why change your life when you are already doing so well. Plus he established his roots there already, he is a young manager, and he could literally become an icon there. Think about it, if he stays for another 10+ more seasons, then they could have maybe another 10 titles, that's just unreal, SAF levels.

One option for him would probably be to coach the Spanish national team, but when you think that he isn't willing to turn down a good offer from an amazing club like Manchester City, think back what he turned down when the Barcelona bosses gave him carte blanche to write down his own salary in 2012 or so when he would decide to extend his contract back at the time. He had formed the best team in the world without a doubt and yet he decided to leave and go to Bayern. I mean when do you get a chance to have a combination of players like he had in Barcelona and yet he left. It's difficult but his words sound final. But I agree with you that we are not there yet.

Pep Guardiola is the perfect example of "When you know your worth, you decide how you'll be treated by people". The Spaniard since he started his coaching career hasn't been sacked even for once rather he decides when it best suits him to leave a certain club. Guardiola who is the most successful manager in the history of Manchester City will surely get as many years as he wishes to remain as the manager at the Etihad. However to the surprise of many, he might leave the Manchester club after next season

[snipie]

I have some doubts about Man City after looking at their transfer market, a lot of key players have been let go like Mahrez recently joining the Saudi Pro League. For sure they need some time to get into top form after so many changes in their main squad.

I actually have no doubt about Manchester City. They might have lost a lot top players and will most likely lose more, but I know what Pep is capable of. Also, the transfer market is still open and there is still a lot of time for them to reinforce their squad. Mahrez and left and they're looking for a replacement for him. They are talking about getting Raphinha which would be a very good replacement. The good thing about Pep is that he can turn Raphinha to a world class player, the same way he'll turn Kovacic into a world class player.
I heard a swap deal with Barcelona for Raphinha and Benardo is on the table.
Pep is a genius. He needs good players to succeed quite alright, but the players in Manchester City is ready for anything. All the need is like three players; a right winger, a right back and a central midfielder and they will be good.

Keeping the same squad will not guarantee the success of the team another time, that's sure since all teams are changing players, coaches, management and tactics. The old players are getting older, there isn't a lot options for using them and giving some changes while making the team younger will guarantee success on the long run eventually. Guardiola know that and he is trying to keep keys players while giving younger ones a chance to play with them.

[Leviathan.007]

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Maybe besides Haaland and Mbappe there will be some other stars in the Champions League.... For example, last season Napoli's new player Hvica Kvaratskhelia.... Maybe some other new players will appear in Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG or even Napoli for example.... Of course Haaland and Mbappe are the best right now, but in football there are often surprises....

Yes, maybe we will see new stars in the Champions League besides Haaland and also Mbappe, because now there are many other talented young players in big Europa clubs. As another example, Bayern Munich which already has a young striker I mean Mathys Tel. Also Leipzig, right now this club is getting a new talented player, I mean Benjamin Sesko is likely to be the next star player.

Most of these stars you are talking about are young and they don't have enough experience or some of these younger talents are in the teams they can't be in the Champions League just like Harry Kane who playing for Tottenham for years and he has been a good player but his team can't achieve anything yet.
Victor Osimhen is another example who plays for Napoli and he can't have too much hope for winning the title with his team.

[arimamib]

Keeping the same squad will not guarantee the success of the team another time, that's sure since all teams are changing players, coaches, management and tactics. The old players are getting older, there isn't a lot options for using them and giving some changes while making the team younger will guarantee success on the long run eventually. Guardiola know that and he is trying to keep keys players while giving younger ones a chance to play with them.

Pep Guardiola is a coach who is a genius at making decisions so he is already thinking quickly about what steps to make after releasing players in this transfer window. I agree with you that the team will not always use the services of old players so that regeneration is carried out gradually to balance the team's strengths in each season.

Mahrez already an aging player at 32 years old and Pep Guardiola will be looking for younger players in this transfer window. The strength of the Manchester City squad is still quite strong despite the changes that have occurred in their squad. We will see what the transfer market will be carried out by Pep Guardiola to find the right replacement after Mahrez leaves. Mahrez has found his best form after he joined Manchester city from Leicester city where he has won many trophies and ucl trophies. So he will decide to leave the European stage by joining Al Ahli next season.

[Nheer]

Keeping the same squad will not guarantee the success of the team another time, that's sure since all teams are changing players, coaches, management and tactics. The old players are getting older, there isn't a lot options for using them and giving some changes while making the team younger will guarantee success on the long run eventually. Guardiola know that and he is trying to keep keys players while giving younger ones a chance to play with them.

Using same players used for a season to play the next season is usually not a bad idea because the team will still maintain the same level of team spirit which is very important for a team to achieve success. But most time adding new players to the team is essential, it helps to boost the team morale and create challenges for players in order to improve. Adding new players to replace old ones that are under performing is what all teams does to improve the performance of the team, and mixing younger players with older ones is very helpful as it will boost the confidence of the younger player and help to become more experienced. Young players are as important as older ones because they can learn and develop into more experienced player to takeover from the older ones.

[Hvdv]

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Maybe besides Haaland and Mbappe there will be some other stars in the Champions League.... For example, last season Napoli's new player Hvica Kvaratskhelia.... Maybe some other new players will appear in Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG or even Napoli for example.... Of course Haaland and Mbappe are the best right now, but in football there are often surprises....

Yes, maybe we will see new stars in the Champions League besides Haaland and also Mbappe, because now there are many other talented young players in big Europa clubs. As another example, Bayern Munich which already has a young striker I mean Mathys Tel. Also Leipzig, right now this club is getting a new talented player, I mean Benjamin Sesko is likely to be the next star player.

Tel is going to be a really good player. Bayern Munich has acquired another young star from the infrastructure. If I'm not mistaken, a name brought to the A team from the infrastructure is Mathys Tel. They are making important stars for the future in Europe. We can see many young players this year.

[makishart]

City isn't the only team to experience changes after this summer's transfer market. This situation is experienced by almost all clubs, and all of them are also trying to bring in players and make their best squad back. like PSG also lost some of their main players.
  we can see how the changes that will be shown by several clubs at the start of the season. City will still be a strong team, I'm sure of that. but the other teams will not be weakened either. club from Serie A may be the one who will make a lot of surprises in the Champions League this season.

All of clubs were learning from the last season to make another improvement to the various lines. Manchester city has even lose some of its important players but city gets some great players as exchange for that. Kovacic and gvardiol are so good and they have joined in manchester city. PSG has been buying some players who's gonna be replace mbappe or messi. I think that you will be able to see new PSG to come soon. Enrique is still trying to build a proper plan for PSG next season. All of clubs are doing massive improvements. That's why i can't even wait to see those clubs played in the domestic league. This is gonna be so crazy.
City's opponents gonna be even tougher in UCL. pep must be fullly preparing its club for upcoming season. I see no problem for city in destroying another club caused by city is still having haaland and KDB.
Haaland wants to make a better record next season by creating more goals. That's a very hard thing that he must reach. Pep is feeling so confidence in bringing some players as backup.

[AndySt]

All of clubs were learning from the last season to make another improvement to the various lines. Manchester city has even lose some of its important players but city gets some great players as exchange for that. Kovacic and gvardiol are so good and they have joined in manchester city. PSG has been buying some players who's gonna be replace mbappe or messi. I think that you will be able to see new PSG to come soon. Enrique is still trying to build a proper plan for PSG next season. All of clubs are doing massive improvements. That's why i can't even wait to see those clubs played in the domestic league. This is gonna be so crazy.
City's opponents gonna be even tougher in UCL. pep must be fullly preparing its club for upcoming season. I see no problem for city in destroying another club caused by city is still having haaland and KDB.
Haaland wants to make a better record next season by creating more goals. That's a very hard thing that he must reach. Pep is feeling so confidence in bringing some players as backup.

Manchester City, of course, is one of the favorites for next season, but this happens every year, and the long-awaited victory in the Champions League has only happened now. Although, of course, the City still has reserves for growth.

[Oneandpure]

Pep Guardiola is a coach who is a genius at making decisions so he is already thinking quickly about what steps to make after releasing players in this transfer window. I agree with you that the team will not always use the services of old players so that regeneration is carried out gradually to balance the team's strengths in each season.

Mahrez already an aging player at 32 years old and Pep Guardiola will be looking for younger players in this transfer window. The strength of the Manchester City squad is still quite strong despite the changes that have occurred in their squad. We will see what the transfer market will be carried out by Pep Guardiola to find the right replacement after Mahrez leaves. Mahrez has found his best form after he joined Manchester city from Leicester city where he has won many trophies and ucl trophies. So he will decide to leave the European stage by joining Al Ahli next season.

Manchester City has many option for attacking line and losing Riyad Mahrez its not big problem exactly for Pep Guardiola, impressive performance from Jack Grealish and Phil Foden last season can fill position leaving by Riyad Mahrez. Pep Guardiola make their squad more competitive between main and substitute for balancing if some players leave. Right winger as position leave by Riyad Mahrez can fill by Bernando Silva and move Julian Alvarez as winger and I think its not problem for Pep Guardiola have to sell Mahrez to Al Ahli.

Since joined with Manchester City season 2018/19, Riyad Mahrez have won many tittles from Primer League, FA Cup and last tittles is Champion League. I think Mahrez have won all tittles and seems enough stay with Primer League teams looking for new challenge with highest salary payment from Al Ahli.

[rendravolt]

The following is a list of teams that will enter the Champions League group stage next season and we can see a total of 26 teams that will fight each other for a place to qualify for the next phase. All of these teams will be divided into several groups and are highly anticipated for the draw round. Is it possible that we will later see a group of hell that contains all the strong teams and if that happens it will definitely be very exciting to watch all the matches. But I have my own hopes regarding which team I think will be the group of hell, namely Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid and PSG, but the possibility is very small. If from you, who deserves to fill in the hell group later?

Finally, i were seeing newcastle's logo appear there. We will have some new faces in UCL next season. Newcastle has been absent from participating in UCL since a long time ago. Eddie howe has managed it to enter into the UCL again after newcastle gets a new owner. The came of new owner was greatly impacting the performance from the club with its unlimited budget. I hereby to say that if newcastle may become the black horse for UCL next season.
Arsenal was also entering the game after it has been trophyless last season. I don't put too much expectation for arsenal caused by its a bottle club. It may go out from UCL during the group stage or last 16.

Arsenal may become a clown in the UCL next season. It was not even able winning europa league. The club has been kicked from europa league without even touching quarter final.
I think that real madrid and manchester city will become the  strongest club to play next season. The chance to win UCL are so big for these clubs.

Newcastle escaped surprisingly last season and they managed to get rid of the dominance of Liverpool and Chelsea which made them one of the new representatives from the English premier league with Manchester United. But not only Newcastle, we can also see Real Sociedad, who last season managed to finish in 4th place in the standings and they are the new representatives from Spain. I think next season's Champions League competition will be much more colorful and it is hoped that the arrival of several new representatives from each of Europe's top leagues can make competition more exciting and more enjoyable.

In terms of Arsenal's track record, they have always been a clown team in the champions league, but with an even squad development and led by Mikel Arteta, I think at least they will provide strong resistance for several other teams. The defending champion and the winner of the champions league most trophies will always be the strongest team for this competition and I really hope they will meet again in the semifinals or even in the final.

[X-ray]

Tel is going to be a really good player. Bayern Munich has acquired another young star from the infrastructure. If I'm not mistaken, a name brought to the A team from the infrastructure is Mathys Tel. They are making important stars for the future in Europe. We can see many young players this year.

Tuchel was doing so many great transfers. He tries to combine old players and young players with the hope if experienced players will able to give knowledge to the young player. Tel has been rumored to leave from bayern but he has denied such rumor.
Tel has been making impressive debut by making 5 goals. He is a young talented player that is still having a very big potential to be the next world class forward. Tel is happy in bayern and he is not having intention to leave from bayern soon.

To many parties pay attention to him after his impressive debut.

[Litzki1990]

Can it be finally PSG's time to win the Champions League title now? It is really hard to answer that question for me at the moment. Luis Enrique has been brought to the job and he is a Champions League winner as well. But he has a different system than PSG have used so far. His system worked very well with Barcelona because he had just the kind of a squad for that. But I'm not sure about the same thing when it comes to PSG's squad. They like to play quick rather than a control possession style.

Mbappe is at the highest level of his performance especially when he plays quickly and penetrates into the box. If we don't see any serious conflict and Luis Enrique build a working system then it would really be possible for PSG to go for the title.

Since Luis Enrique took charge of PSG we will definitely see some changes in the game, Luis Enrique must adopt some strategies to do well in the Champions League in which case this team can do well in the Champions League. 

There is a big difference between doing well in the Champions League and winning the Champions League trophy. It will be a very difficult task for PSG to win the Champions League trophy this season as there are already tough opponents for PSG such as Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and several other teams. It is a big dream for PSC to win the Champions League trophy this season. Although it is difficult to win the Champions League trophy, it is not impossible, but PSC can definitely do better if they perform on the field according to the right plan.

[Cryptmuster]

Most of these stars you are talking about are young and they don't have enough experience or some of these younger talents are in the teams they can't be in the Champions League just like Harry Kane who playing for Tottenham for years and he has been a good player but his team can't achieve anything yet.
Victor Osimhen is another example who plays for Napoli and he can't have too much hope for winning the title with his team.

For Osimhen and Napoli it was a great season and they had a very good chance of getting better results in the Champions League. Whether Osimhen can still reach the same heights with Napoli, I'm not sure, but he has a good striker and if he can continue to show such a good game, then he will have a good chance of moving to a top club with which he can do it. So far, it's clear that Osimhen would like to stay at Napoli and win trophies with this team, but it's not as easy as he thinks.

[asriloni]

Second round of UCL qualifying will come very soon. There are so many matches will be coming soon. I take some match that's for me it's quite easy to predict.

In my prediction if the winners for the first leg will be

Galatasaray, Zagreb and molde.

The match between molde vs helsinksi is quite hard to predict but im sure molde will able to beat helsikki without a tough game. I just take the result of last five matches owned by either of team molde and helsinki.

https://www.skysports.com/football/molde-vs-hjk-helsinki/483382

Molde is far stable compared with helsinki in term of performance. That gives me confidence to pick it rather than helsinki. Galatasaray and zagreb gonna be dominating its opponent. These popular teams were facing easy team.

[Jody.Drummer]

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Maybe besides Haaland and Mbappe there will be some other stars in the Champions League.... For example, last season Napoli's new player Hvica Kvaratskhelia.... Maybe some other new players will appear in Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG or even Napoli for example.... Of course Haaland and Mbappe are the best right now, but in football there are often surprises....

Yes, maybe we will see new stars in the Champions League besides Haaland and also Mbappe, because now there are many other talented young players in big Europa clubs. As another example, Bayern Munich which already has a young striker I mean Mathys Tel. Also Leipzig, right now this club is getting a new talented player, I mean Benjamin Sesko is likely to be the next star player.

Today there is a new buzz where the change of era has clearly taken place.
This season there is no longer the name Messi and Ronaldo who are always said to be rivals everywhere whether it's domestic competitions or competitions like the Champions League and as you said, the names Haaland and Mbappe are clearly now going to be one of the things that will definitely be talked about.
Some of the other young players following like Osimhen and Disana who started to fade after a good spell at Fiorentina are not the same with Juventus.
The Champions League has always been a great platform for some of the best young players to show their capacity to become new football stars.

[piebeyb]

For Osimhen and Napoli it was a great season and they had a very good chance of getting better results in the Champions League. Whether Osimhen can still reach the same heights with Napoli, I'm not sure, but he has a good striker and if he can continue to show such a good game, then he will have a good chance of moving to a top club with which he can do it. So far, it's clear that Osimhen would like to stay at Napoli and win trophies with this team, but it's not as easy as he thinks.

Yes. At least Osimhen brought Napoli to reach the UCL final, maybe he will be fought over by many top-flight clubs and of course has a high selling price. Napoli looks good in the domestic league but is not very superior in the UCL, that is why it is difficult to make Osimhen have a high selling price and load a lot of clubs big interest in racing to buy it this season.

Osimhen needs to show once again this season if he really has quality at a high price, I still think he might want to be with Napoli to fight for the league title again in this new season with Napoli with a new coach, will he be with his club as consistent as in the previous season ago and returned to print new history again for the umpteenth time for Napoli.

[shogun47]

In this case he has already said that the season 2024/2025 will be his last season at Manchester City and given how he emphasized his "no, no, no" when he was asked whether it is possible that he will extend his contract again, I believe this time he will leave the club no matter what happens. Although I hope that he doesn't because he fits very well into the club. Many things will change when one day Ancelotti, Mourinho and Guardiola will be gone and who knows for how long Klopp will be around. Thinking about it, those guys have contributed a lot in their own ways to the sport.

I am not entirely sure though, I feel like if they keep up being this good, maybe he could stay a little longer, not really sure if he will actually reject a good deal.

I mean if they keep being this good, City will offer a great deal for him without a doubt and rejecting it makes no sense to me. If he is looking for a new chapter in his life, then he could try to make that work as well, but that's not going to be simple so why change your life when you are already doing so well. Plus he established his roots there already, he is a young manager, and he could literally become an icon there. Think about it, if he stays for another 10+ more seasons, then they could have maybe another 10 titles, that's just unreal, SAF levels.

One option for him would probably be to coach the Spanish national team, but when you think that he isn't willing to turn down a good offer from an amazing club like Manchester City, think back what he turned down when the Barcelona bosses gave him carte blanche to write down his own salary in 2012 or so when he would decide to extend his contract back at the time. He had formed the best team in the world without a doubt and yet he decided to leave and go to Bayern. I mean when do you get a chance to have a combination of players like he had in Barcelona and yet he left. It's difficult but his words sound final. But I agree with you that we are not there yet.

Pep Guardiola is the perfect example of "When you know your worth, you decide how you'll be treated by people". The Spaniard since he started his coaching career hasn't been sacked even for once rather he decides when it best suits him to leave a certain club. Guardiola who is the most successful manager in the history of Manchester City will surely get as many years as he wishes to remain as the manager at the Etihad. However to the surprise of many, he might leave the Manchester club after next season

Guardiola hasn't been sacked, but it is not only because he knows his worth, it is also because he is the best coach in the world in terms of influencing players and making them better. I doubt that Klopp would ever be sacked as he is very similar and both have their successes. They would rather leave a club in agreement with the clubs' bosses, but not get just fired I suppose. They are also different from Mourinho who likes to provoke everyone, including officials from his own clubs. He is more likely to get fired at the end of his engagements than to go just because he doesn't want to stay anymore.