Champions League: Groups, fixture dates and who are favourites?
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Who are the big names missing?
For years, the prospect of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on European club football's greatest stage was a given, but neither will feature in this season's Champions League.
Ronaldo was one of the first big names to move to Saudi Arabia - he plays for Al Nassr - while Messi is in the United States with Inter Miami.
They are not the only two absentees, Brazil forward Neymar and France striker Karim Benzema having joined Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League. They are with Al Hilal and Al-Ittihad respectively.
We will still get to see some of the biggest names of the present and future, with France striker Kylian Mbappe at PSG and City goal machine Erling Haaland looking to break more records.
Lamine Yamal is also causing plenty of excitement. The 16-year-old this year became Barcelona's youngest player of all time as well as the youngest debutant and scorer for Spain.
