UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

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I think it's more realistic for Arsenal to maintain their Premier League position than to focus on the Champions League, as they currently have a better chance in the Premier League. If they decide to prioritize the Champions League as well, they risk losing focus on the Premier League as well.
I'm still not convinced they can focus on both competitions at once with the squad they have. Especially since the Champions League is so different from the Premier League, there's too much to risk if they want to aggressively pursue both.

I share the same opinion and currently, the chances of winning a trophy in the Premier League are much greater than in the Champions League. Focusing on both competitions might be a bit more difficult, especially given the squad depth. In the Champions League, the competition is much tougher because sometimes the players they have are inexperienced enough and we often see how inexperienced teams struggle to win trophies, although PSG managed to break that barrier last season. Arsenal needs to focus on the Premier League first so that next season they can target the Champions League trophy if their mentality gets better.

Both of staying top of the table of the premiership and winning the UCL wouldn't be an easy task for Arsenal because when the champions league resumes it would be the knockout stages and this might also affect their performance as they would have to play some games without much spacing resulting to fatigue or injuries which will in turn affect the squad negatively if proper care isn't taken, at this stage of the title race so much concentration is required and if they lose it then am afraid that's where they have problems with their title chase this season.

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Manchester City finally managed to win the Champions League after many unsuccessful attempts and billions spent on expensive players, similar to PSG. Arsenal does not have the financial capability to achieve results in that way and must rely on what they have. Whether that will be enough for them to win both trophies this season remains to be seen. Past experience shows that a team must have a lot of quality players in order to be able to rotate the squad constantly and rest the most important players for key matches.

Arsenal is not a poor club, nor is it facing financial limitations. They can sign expensive players and have the best players they want. Look at each club:

Manchester City:



https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/manchester-city/startseite/verein/281

PSG:



https://www.transfermarkt.com/paris-saint-germain/startseite/verein/583

Arsenal:



https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc_arsenal/startseite/verein/11

As you can see, Arsenal has the financial means to sign the best players, and they have good players. The problem is that they've had injuries at the most important moments, and this season it seems the coach has managed to correct that. But Champions League games are complicated; they often put teams fighting for the title in a situation where they have to choose what to prioritize or risk losing the title. I hope Arsenal manages to win the Premier League title, but it's too early to predict who might win the European Champions League.

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Both of staying top of the table of the premiership and winning the UCL wouldn't be an easy task for Arsenal because when the champions league resumes it would be the knockout stages and this might also affect their performance as they would have to play some games without much spacing resulting to fatigue or injuries which will in turn affect the squad negatively if proper care isn't taken, at this stage of the title race so much concentration is required and if they lose it then am afraid that's where they have problems with their title chase this season.

I think you are right, this is a dilemma for all teams, but they will try their best. You must have not forgotten how great Bayern Munich, Barcelona and several other teams were in winning the treble in one season, this could be done by Arsenal or other teams this season. Winning multiple titles in a season is not impossible for a team, even PSG can win it as they have done before. However I still have doubts about Arsenal despite their good performances so far, but I hope you are not like me.

Arsenal have been poor at maintaining their good form over the past few seasons, so it's understandable that many people doubt them. Their winning mentality is still too far to hope for, but we never know if this will be their best season.

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Both of staying top of the table of the premiership and winning the UCL wouldn't be an easy task for Arsenal because when the champions league resumes it would be the knockout stages and this might also affect their performance as they would have to play some games without much spacing resulting to fatigue or injuries which will in turn affect the squad negatively if proper care isn't taken, at this stage of the title race so much concentration is required and if they lose it then am afraid that's where they have problems with their title chase this season.

Not an easy task as their domestic league is the PL. If Arsenal were competing in a league like Ligue 1 or Bundesliga then we wouldn't say the same thing at all.  

But I still have hope about them truthfully. Arteta is taking bigger steps this year. The gap with the others in the PL is wider now again. If they keep their CL league phase performance in knockout stage also then it isn't impossible.

But the truth is the schedule will be really tight!!

[Jewan420]

As you can see, Arsenal has the financial means to sign the best players, and they have good players. The problem is that they've had injuries at the most important moments, and this season it seems the coach has managed to correct that. But Champions League games are complicated; they often put teams fighting for the title in a situation where they have to choose what to prioritize or risk losing the title. I hope Arsenal manages to win the Premier League title, but it's too early to predict who might win the European Champions League.

While it is possible to predict the Premier League, it is never possible to predict the Champions League, the Champions League is unpredictable until the end of the final match. Even in the last 1 minute, I find the Champions League unpredictable. However, Arsenal has no financial problems, they can still sign the best players and they have the best players. The biggest problem for Arteta could be injuries to key players at crucial times. Even in the knockout matches, they can miss the title due to lack of pressure tolerance and luck. The title is not decided depending on financial capabilities.

[GbitG]

It should indeed be so, but I think Arsenal is a big team with big targets as well. For Arsenal's management, focusing on both is the right thing because they have already spent a lot of money to build this team, even though it is difficult and risky. However, in my opinion, almost all teams do this. Right now, Arsenal just needs to focus on maintaining consistent performance, regardless of which trophy they might win later.

I think focusing on both can cause little bit challenging for Arsenal because if we look at the both competitions, whether it's a English Primer league or it's a UEFA champions league competition both have a lot of tussl like both are too competitive desp stay consistent required a lot of efforts and also you will feel a lot of pressure. One mistakes can can kick off you....

So that's why I think both will be a bit challenging for Arsenal. So they should need to stay more focused on league titles race rather than the UEFA Champions League title because the English Premier League is already in their hand and it would be a dull decision if they failed to hold the top spot til end. Despite in UEFA champions league their probility is same as other and definitely other team (PSG, Barcelona, Real Madrid) are also pushing hard to get the trophy.

Anyway let's see what happens

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I've found a data by Opta Analyst on the CL about the chances of teams to make it to further stages.



It's not a ranking only focused on their current places in the standings which is nice to see. Otherwise plain logic wouldn't make sense. 

Arsenal and Bayern Munich are top favourites as it's seen. Do you think the same? Or you have another favourite to win the CL this year?

I never like this kind of statistics so much since as we can see there Arsenal ahve a 22% chance of winning and we all know that is far from reality, Arsenal right now can have a maximum of 10% chance of winning in the best case scenario, Arsenal is not a team to trust when it comes to Champions League at all, or better to say is never a team to back on winning something. 

The statistics are based on Arsenal's performance yet Arsenal have never lost for 6 matches in the Champion League --- it is natural that the statistics from Opta favor the English team.

The future scenario may be different and who would have thought that the winner would be the one with less than 5% chance? No one knows about that.
Arsenal --- people say this team is always cursed in any championship, this time it is different with their performance but I am not so sure for UCL.

[Derekfunds]

As you can see, Arsenal has the financial means to sign the best players, and they have good players. The problem is that they've had injuries at the most important moments, and this season it seems the coach has managed to correct that. But Champions League games are complicated; they often put teams fighting for the title in a situation where they have to choose what to prioritize or risk losing the title. I hope Arsenal manages to win the Premier League title, but it's too early to predict who might win the European Champions League.

While it is possible to predict the Premier League, it is never possible to predict the Champions League, the Champions League is unpredictable until the end of the final match. Even in the last 1 minute, I find the Champions League unpredictable. However, Arsenal has no financial problems, they can still sign the best players and they have the best players. The biggest problem for Arteta could be injuries to key players at crucial times. Even in the knockout matches, they can miss the title due to lack of pressure tolerance and luck. The title is not decided depending on financial capabilities.

You are such a funny person, predicting any game is very easy and possible but getting the exact result of the game is what is impossible so why saying premier league is possible to predict while champions league is not possible to predict? They are both possible to predict but what we can not tell for sure is the full time result because after prediction what we always do is wait for the result but you can correct me if I'm mistaken what you meant by possible to predict and unpredictable in this context.

[dezoel]

In this season, Arsenal is having good depth with their players pool is also allowing them to give their best in all competitions, even things are always not easy for any team to have big double but as they are performing, and they are consistency they can go for best end of their season.

After beating Aston Villa in Premier league, they are having good advantage and Manchester City is also losing points which are definitely in favor of having widening points difference in champions league. Arsenal is undefeated, and they are still having good chance of keeping things on good level for winning without any pressure, Mikel Arteta is learning good from his past mistakes.

This was literally the reason why they did better transfers this summer. Last previous 2-3 seasons they had a period where they did great but because they lacked depth, whenever any player got injured they suddenly dropped in quality a lot, the bench players they had were very low compared to starters they had and because of that they ended up getting much worse during the season after some point.

This season they realized that is not going to work and causes them to lose and that is why they got a better bench this summer.

[Alex077]

I think focusing on both can cause little bit challenging for Arsenal because if we look at the both competitions, whether it's a English Primer league or it's a UEFA champions league competition both have a lot of tussl like both are too competitive desp stay consistent required a lot of efforts and also you will feel a lot of pressure. One mistakes can can kick off you....

So that's why I think both will be a bit challenging for Arsenal. So they should need to stay more focused on league titles race rather than the UEFA Champions League title because the English Premier League is already in their hand and it would be a dull decision if they failed to hold the top spot til end. Despite in UEFA champions league their probility is same as other and definitely other team (PSG, Barcelona, Real Madrid) are also pushing hard to get the trophy.

Anyway let's see what happens

There is no doubt that juggling the Premier League and the Champion League is a daunting task. Both places are equally competitive and maintaining the level of consistency and focus required to win is difficult indeed. But Arsenal look ferocious in both place at the moment. They are currently top of the Premier League point table and in Champion League they have not been defeated in any match so far. Even beating Bayern Munich by 3 goal was just incredible I cannot remember the last time I saw

In my opinion it is not just about focusing on one, Arteta has used the transfer window very judiciously so the squad is stronger than ever. My personal feeling is that Arsenal have a golden opportunity to take home both trophy

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The future scenario may be different and who would have thought that the winner would be the one with less than 5% chance? No one knows about that.
Arsenal --- people say this team is always cursed in any championship, this time it is different with their performance but I am not so sure for UCL.

Arsenal is doing pretty well in UEFA Champions League at least in this group stage in which only two rounds left. After that and when it comes to elimination rounds, everything could be expected because if gunners weren't ready that day and they faced a big team, they can easily be eliminated.
I am aware of the curse of Arsenal, just like Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, all these teams were unfortunate so far. Hopefully Arsenal could win something this season.

[bitzizzix]

I think focusing on both can cause little bit challenging for Arsenal because if we look at the both competitions, whether it's a English Primer league or it's a UEFA champions league competition both have a lot of tussl like both are too competitive desp stay consistent required a lot of efforts and also you will feel a lot of pressure. One mistakes can can kick off you....

So that's why I think both will be a bit challenging for Arsenal. So they should need to stay more focused on league titles race rather than the UEFA Champions League title because the English Premier League is already in their hand and it would be a dull decision if they failed to hold the top spot til end. Despite in UEFA champions league their probility is same as other and definitely other team (PSG, Barcelona, Real Madrid) are also pushing hard to get the trophy.

Anyway let's see what happens

There is no doubt that juggling the Premier League and the Champion League is a daunting task. Both places are equally competitive and maintaining the level of consistency and focus required to win is difficult indeed. But Arsenal look ferocious in both place at the moment. They are currently top of the Premier League point table and in Champion League they have not been defeated in any match so far. Even beating Bayern Munich by 3 goal was just incredible I cannot remember the last time I saw

In my opinion it is not just about focusing on one, Arteta has used the transfer window very judiciously so the squad is stronger than ever. My personal feeling is that Arsenal have a golden opportunity to take home both trophy

It looks like Arsenal have a chance to win both the highly competitive and prestigious Premier League and Champions League.
Arteta planned this well before the competition began and selected several suitable new players to strengthen his squad. And so far, it has paid off, as Arsenal currently sit top of the Premier League and are also unbeaten in the Champions League, proving they are a formidable team with the potential to win both.
Arsenal have shown consistency in every match so far, and although the competition is still long, I think Arsenal are truly maintaining their consistency.

[Frankolala]

You are such a funny person, predicting any game is very easy and possible but getting the exact result of the game is what is impossible so why saying premier league is possible to predict while champions league is not possible to predict? They are both possible to predict but what we can not tell for sure is the full time result because after prediction what we always do is wait for the result but you can correct me if I'm mistaken what you meant by possible to predict and unpredictable in this context.

Football is a game of surprises making it impossible to predict it correctly. This is why football is used for gambling. Sometimes, you mighy be lucky to get it right but it doesn't mean that was by your own strategy. Don't think that EPL is easy because we do see the team on the first position unlike, Champions League that nobody knows the clubs that will be in the finals.

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Both of staying top of the table of the premiership and winning the UCL wouldn't be an easy task for Arsenal because when the champions league resumes it would be the knockout stages and this might also affect their performance as they would have to play some games without much spacing resulting to fatigue or injuries which will in turn affect the squad negatively if proper care isn't taken, at this stage of the title race so much concentration is required and if they lose it then am afraid that's where they have problems with their title chase this season.

Arsenal are not a team to have full hope on when it comes to being consistent, this is why many people don’t see them as a team that can go all in to win both the premier league and the champions league this season, despite them maintaining the top of the standings in both competitions. Like you said, the competition will only get tougher after this group stage, as they advance into the knockout phase of the competition.

The premier league is not also a free zone for them to have a full confidence that the league has already being won, it has to take some more games to determine that as the many games left to be played can actually change the narration if they can’t keep up with their 100% consistency in the game. Arsenal can try their best though, but I doubt if they can win both trophy in the same season with how their performance is yet to be optimal yet to me.

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In my opinion it is not just about focusing on one, Arteta has used the transfer window very judiciously so the squad is stronger than ever. My personal feeling is that Arsenal have a golden opportunity to take home both trophy

They're literally the favorites not because they've won 6 games in the UCL group stage so far, but because of how they've strengthen their team all way round. Despite having injury crisis since the beginning of the season, they've still managed to keep themselves afloat both in the premier league and the Champion's league. It's certainly not going to be that easy, but if they can manage to keep the majority of their key players active and readily available, then I don't see any excuse at this point.

Bayern on the other hand happens to be another tough side in the UCL so far, but Arsenal already proved that they're the overall best team in the competition, and maybe a UCL final between these two teams won't be a terrible Idea.

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Manchester City finally managed to win the Champions League after many unsuccessful attempts and billions spent on expensive players, similar to PSG. Arsenal does not have the financial capability to achieve results in that way and must rely on what they have. Whether that will be enough for them to win both trophies this season remains to be seen. Past experience shows that a team must have a lot of quality players in order to be able to rotate the squad constantly and rest the most important players for key matches.

Arsenal is not a poor club, nor is it facing financial limitations. They can sign expensive players and have the best players they want. Look at each club:

Arsenal has not been in the case of financial instability, they are not Barcelona, and this is why it's common to hear their fans especially in towards the ending of Arsene Wenger era complaining because he doesn't want to sign top players and then continue even to Arteta time now.

The fact that before the got Gyokeres as their main nine, the fans alway lash out and how they wanted the club to spend big in getting him showed how balanced the club is in getting star players of their choice, they were never broke or in such a state of not having enough money to acquire the players they needed to compete.

[Dump3er]

The future scenario may be different and who would have thought that the winner would be the one with less than 5% chance? No one knows about that.
Arsenal --- people say this team is always cursed in any championship, this time it is different with their performance but I am not so sure for UCL.

Arsenal is doing pretty well in UEFA Champions League at least in this group stage in which only two rounds left. After that and when it comes to elimination rounds, everything could be expected because if gunners weren't ready that day and they faced a big team, they can easily be eliminated.
I am aware of the curse of Arsenal, just like Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, all these teams were unfortunate so far. Hopefully Arsenal could win something this season.

Arsenal is done for now in the group stage. They can take it easy from here, but this is not what it comes down to. The real pressure is coming in the knockout games and it depends to some degree how the group stage ends for other teams, not for Arsenal themselves. It is still possible that one or two top teams don't finish well. Barcelona of course and then there is Chelsea and Juventus with 10 and 9 points respectively. Napoli could be dangerous as well. As of today I would think Arsenal will beat them, but in two knockout games and a very good day for Napoli, it's not guaranteed that Arsenal would win.

[Wakate]

While it is possible to predict the Premier League, it is never possible to predict the Champions League, the Champions League is unpredictable until the end of the final match. Even in the last 1 minute, I find the Champions League unpredictable. However, Arsenal has no financial problems, they can still sign the best players and they have the best players. The biggest problem for Arteta could be injuries to key players at crucial times. Even in the knockout matches, they can miss the title due to lack of pressure tolerance and luck. The title is not decided depending on financial capabilities.

Nothing is 100% predictable when it comes to football games like the championship league. This league is more tough than the premier league and others all together. Anything that makes Arsenal to win Premier League, they have to forget about the championship league because it will be very hard for them added to all the bigger clubs waiting for their own share of the trophy.

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Arsenal has not been in the case of financial instability, they are not Barcelona, and this is why it's common to hear their fans especially in towards the ending of Arsene Wenger era complaining because he doesn't want to sign top players and then continue even to Arteta time now.

The fact that before the got Gyokeres as their main nine, the fans alway lash out and how they wanted the club to spend big in getting him showed how balanced the club is in getting star players of their choice, they were never broke or in such a state of not having enough money to acquire the players they needed to compete.

one of the most financially stable teams in all of Europe, would have no problem spending money stupidly
But if he is financially stable it is precisely because he does not spend money in a stupid way.

Let's say it's a kind of spiral, if you start spending money in a foolish way, you'll end up having financial problems, I don't know if I explained myself well
 

[jaberwock]

While I do agree that Arsenal is doing a good job, I also think others are doing a worse job too. There were years where Arsenal got points enough to win the title in another season and still failed because another team did better, like Liverpool last year. So, I honestly think that other teams being bad is the reason why Arsenal is doing better now.

Like right now they are six points ahead, great job, kudos to them, but they were only two points ahead 2 weeks ago, City got two ties in a row to make Arsenal have six point gap. This is why I think we should consider why the other teams are not doing good to see how Arsenal is leading too, not just look at Arsenal and their wins, that is normal for a top team in premier league.