Champions League 2025-26 Power Rankings: Barcelona and Arsenal well-placed to take PSG's title - but doubts persist over Liverpool, Real Madrid and Man City

The Champions League is almost back! On Thursday, the eagerly-awaited draw for the league phase will take place in Monaco. Obviously, with this being a UEFA-run competition, the ceremony will needlessly take well over an hour, as the European game's governing body always insists on carrying out painfully awkward interviews while dishing out meaningless awards.

However, if last year's event is anything to go by, we should learn the computer-generated fixture lists for all 36 participants after about 75 minutes of tedium. After that, we'll be able to look forward to the actual football.

With that in mind, GOAL is back again with its Champions League power rankings to let you know which sides are looking like potential winners ahead of the draw - and who could be in trouble from the get-go...

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