BBC's chief soccer author Phil McNulty: My decide to win it are Liverpool, purely on the premise of the large strengthening they've carried out this summer season. Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak are two high-class gamers who're Champions League-ready.
The vagaries of the brand new league system final season noticed Liverpool meet eventual winners PSG within the final 16, the place they misplaced on penalties at Anfield.
If Liverpool attain the knockout part, which they absolutely will, then the Anfield issue grows with each recreation.
PSG would be the huge hazard as soon as once more, an outstanding aspect who deserve the standing as the very best workforce in Europe, whereas Actual Madrid come into each Champions League dialog as potential winners.
BBC's senior soccer correspondent Sami Mokbel: I am going for Liverpool. 4 wins from 4 within the Premier League and so they have not even almost hit high gear but. Oh, and Isak is ready within the wings. Arne Slot's aspect are the workforce to beat.
Former Germany midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger: Actual are normally the membership with the strongest mentality on this competitors, however PSG must be one of many favourites and Liverpool are too, provided that that they had such a great Premier League season then invested a lot of their squad.
These two groups come instantly to thoughts once I take into consideration who will play within the remaining, and if I've to select one to win it then I'll go together with Liverpool. Their squad depth is superb, the standard was already there and now they've Isak up entrance as nicely.
BBC Radio 5 Reside soccer correspondent John Murray: When a workforce wins Europe's richest league at a comparative canter then spends the very best a part of half a billion kilos on new gamers, whereas on the identical time securing the companies of two of the membership's best servants, it is tough to tip anybody apart from Liverpool.
Final season they misplaced out solely narrowly to the eventual winners in a penalty shootout. It could be an amazing prospect if this season Liverpool and PSG had been to make all of it the way in which to the ultimate in Budapest.
Match of the Day commentator Steve Wilson: Tipping Actual Madrid to win the Champions League is hardly the work of a soothsayer, however you aren't more likely to be far flawed. I believed Xabi Alonso did some attention-grabbing issues along with his squad within the Membership World Cup – and getting Arda Guler extra concerned can solely be a great factor.
His progress was held again by the love everybody on the Bernabeu had for Luka Modric, now he has licence to actually unfold his wings.
The Observer soccer correspondent Rory Smith: It has been a frankly unacceptable one season since Actual Madrid received the trophy the membership sees as its birthright, and Alonso's important job as supervisor is to place that proper. Actual are by no means essentially the most coherent workforce in Europe, however they've extra particular person expertise than anybody, and infrequently that's what issues.
Former England captain Steph Houghton: I'm backing PSG to win it once more. They're a younger squad that has skilled successful already, plus they're athletic and ahead considering.
Former Scotland winger Pat Nevin: For a change, I went with my head over my coronary heart. I like PSG and the way in which they play, and the way in which they've modified the way in which soccer is being performed now with their attacking angle. I additionally love that they love their wingers!
Spanish soccer skilled Guillem Balague: I really feel PSG have began a brand new period of success that has to do with utilizing cleverly the predominant mannequin of our occasions – positional soccer – blended with high quality, clear management and high gamers in every place.
Barcelona shall be shut, however I am undecided they may kind out their defensive deficiencies.
BBC Champions League analyst Stephen Warnock: I believe Barcelona will win it – and I'm going with Lamine Yamal to be the match's star participant.
Former Arsenal defender Matt Upson: I've gone for Barcelona, who're a younger workforce which have grown from the expertise of their cracking run to the semi-finals final season.
They had been very unfortunate to not make the ultimate, and performed brilliantly towards Inter Milan – they simply received uncovered by a very inflexible Inter workforce that had a manner of taking part in and did what it stated on the tin. However Barca could have realized from that.
The membership seems a bit bit unstable off the pitch in the mean time however on it they've a pleasant stability of particular younger expertise and know-how – with the likes of Robert Lewandowski to come back on and affect video games.
