They left it until the latest possible opportunity, but Liverpool will be a Champions League club once again for the 2026/27 season.
The Reds went into the final day of the Premier League campaign still requiring a point to make sure of qualifying for Europe’s primary club competition, and they got it courtesy of a 1-1 draw at home to Brentford to salvage fifth place in the top-flight table.
Andoni Iraola will experience the tournament for the first time as a head coach, and on Thursday he’ll discover the eight teams he’ll face in the league phase, which begins in the second week of September due to the merging of two international breaks into one window at the end of the month.
Are Liverpool likely to be involved at the business end of the 2026/27 Champions League? With football betting today (or, as they say in Thailand, แทงบอลวันนี้), you can check out the latest odds on the Reds to win the competition outright.
Who are the favourites to win the Champions League?Many bookmakers have the Reds as seventh favourites to lift the trophy in Madrid next June, which suggests that a repeat of their quarter-final finish from last season would be par.
Unsurprisingly, Paris Saint-Germain begin as favourites as they target a third successive Champions League crown. The holders have strengthened their forward line with the signings of Maghnes Akliouche, Ferran Torres and Mika Gots, although they could yet offload Bradley Barcola to Liverpool in the final week of the transfer window.
Bayern Munich are second in the bookmakers’ odds, with the Bundesliga kingpins boasting a formidable attack with the likes of Harry Kane, Michael Olise and former Anfield favourite Luis Diaz.
Premier League champions Arsenal sit third in the outright betting as they seek to go one better than last term, when they lost the final to PSG on penalties. The Gunners made light work of promoted Coventry in the first match of their domestic title defence.
Barcelona haven’t won the trophy since 2015, but with their midfield strengthened by the powerhouse addition of Rodri, the Catalan giants will expect to feature at the business end of the Champions League.
Real Madrid have had no shortage of off-field drama in recent months but can never be discounted when it comes to this tournament, while Manchester City are near the top of the bookmakers’ odds despite Pep Guardiola’s exit over the summer.
It won’t be until the knockout rounds next spring that the pathway to European glory will become clearer, but the target for Liverpool is to be among the top eight finishers in the league phase and bypass the bear pit of a play-off round in February.
If you believe in omens, the final is on at the Metropolitano Stadium, where the Reds won the Champions League in 2019…
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