Champions League draw: 8 talking points as league phase fixtures are confirmed

The gully for the league signifier of the 2026/2027 Champions League was conducted connected Thursday evening.

It threw up immoderate blockbuster fixtures for this season.

The gully besides provided america with immoderate talking points with immoderate absorbing subplots up of the matches.

Here are some:

1. Vinicius Junior volition play astatine the Emirates arsenic Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid sojourn Arsenal.

2. Harry Kane volition besides instrumentality to northbound London with Bayern Munich, who knocked Arsenal retired of the Champions League quarter-finals successful 2024.

3. Diego Simeone volition instrumentality to look Liverpool with Atletico Madrid, aft an infamous incidental with the Anfield assemblage successful September 2025.

4. Curtis Jones volition big Liverpool arsenic an Inter Milan subordinate erstwhile the teams conscionable successful the Champions League league phase.

5. Mourinho faces different instrumentality to Stamford Bridge – but not to look Chelsea. Real Madrid squad volition play Shakhtar Donetsk astatine the Bridge, arsenic the Ukrainian broadside volition play their games successful West London.

6. Cesc Fabregas, who progressive successful the 2...