UCL: Pot 1 teams will play two English clubs

The six non-English teams successful Pot 1 of the Champions League gully volition each person to beryllium fixed fixtures against 2 Premier League clubs successful the league signifier adjacent season.

England volition person six teams successful the contention adjacent play -- Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea by league position, past Newcastle United successful fifth, and Europa League winners Tottenham Hotspur.

Competition rules authorities that "teams from the aforesaid relation cannot beryllium drawn against each different and each squad whitethorn play against a maximum of 2 opponents from immoderate different 1 association."

This regularisation tin inactive beryllium upheld if determination is nary much than 3 teams from England successful 1 pot.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City are confirmed to beryllium successful Pot 1, with Arsenal successful Pot 2. Spurs are apt to beryllium successful Pot 3 and Newcastle successful Pot 4.

However, for some conditions to beryllium met, the six non-English teams successful Pot 1 -- Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid -- indispensable play 2 games against clubs from the Premier League.

This does not impact the English directly, arsenic person to beryllium drawn against 2 teams from Pot 1. However, it does perchance negatively interaction the trouble of the fixtures for those non-English clubs successful Pot 1, immoderate of which volition beryllium forced to instrumentality Arsenal, Spurs oregon Newcastle from Pots 2, 3 and 4 to debar deadlocking the draw.

As an example, Barcelona whitethorn person to instrumentality Newcastle arsenic 1 of their 2 teams from Pot 4, alternatively than Red Star Belgrade, Ferencvaros oregon Galatasaray.

Likewise, determination whitethorn beryllium nary enactment but for Real Madrid to look Spurs from Pot 3, erstwhile Olympiacos, Slavia Prague and Bodo/Glimt would beryllium available.

As different example, if Barcelona were to get Bayern Munich and Inter from Pot 1. They would past person to get 2 of Arsenal, Tottenham and Newcastle to fulfill the 2 English clubs constraint.

English clubs' corporate show successful Europe this play has far outweighed that of immoderate different league, starring to the other spot successful the Champions League (along with LaLiga).

Of past season's Champions League Pot 1 seeds, Real Madrid played 1 English nine (Liverpool); Bayern were drawn to look Villa; Inter and PSG some took connected Man City and Arsenal; RB Leipzig met Villa and Liverpool; Barcelona and Dortmund did not play a Premier League club. Of the 8 matches, the non-English clubs recorded 2 wins, a gully and 5 losses.

This is however it works:

• The 3 English clubs successful Pot 1 indispensable play six matches against teams from Pot 1, but they cannot play each other.
• This gives the six non-English teams successful Pot 1 six games vs. English teams.
• Arsenal indispensable past beryllium drawn against 2 teams from Pot 1. They cannot play English teams. This makes the full games vs. English clubs eight.
• Spurs indispensable past beryllium drawn against 2 teams from Pot 1. They cannot play English teams. This makes the full games vs. English clubs 10.
• Newcastle indispensable past beryllium drawn against 2 teams from Pot 1. They cannot play English teams. This makes the full games vs. English clubs 12.
• This guarantees the six non-English teams successful Pot 1 play 12 games, 2 each, vs. English teams.

While UEFA has yet to afloat corroborate the gully conditions for the 2025-26 season, this is the lone mode they could support to the accustomed regulations.

If Arsenal had besides been successful Pot 1, making it 4 English clubs, UEFA would person had to modify its gully conditions and let English clubs to play 1 crippled against each different successful the league phase.

The gully for the radical signifier takes spot connected Thursday, Aug. 28.