Trips to Milan, Brugge, Prague and Bilbao, and the long trek to Kazakhstan avoided.

Full list of opponents: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Club Brugge, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Kairat Almaty, Athletic Bilbao.

Arsenal, here we go.

Now time for Pot Two, which involves Arsenal. Then I can go and have dinner.

It's genuinely remarkable how long this all drags on for. Seriously.

Arsenal avoid, for now, a clash with champions PSG.

Trips to Chelsea and Newcastle for Barcelona.

Another trip to the San Siro then.

Inter Milan away for Arsenal

Clashes with Man City and Liverpool for Real Madrid, who of course, Arsenal beat in last season's quarter-finals!

A repeat of the quarter-final two seasons ago.

Arsenal will host Bayern Munich.

Half an hour after the 'start', here we go!

The dates and kick-off times of matches will be released on Saturday.

Each team will be randomly drawn against eight teams for the League Phase by computer software. Four home games, four away. Teams from the same country cannot play against each other.

Some important bits, now. 36 teams, 4 pots. Arsenal are in Pot 2.

Here comes Claudio Ranieri's lookalike! The tinkerman himself.

Not much going on, so how about a polite reminder about who won last season's Women's Champions League? The Arsenal, of course, beating Barcelona 1-0 in the final in Lisbon. Champions of Europe, twice.

And he'll help conduct the draw, alongside Kaka.

Zlatan will receive this year's President's Award.

Now Zlatan joins Ceferin on stage. My prediction is in jeapoardy now, this is going to be a long way past 5:18pm.

Add this video to the list of "Does anyone actually want this????"

Now we've got another video. Fabrizio Romano, Aleksander Ceferin, etc. Zlatan again. The man who looks like Claudio Ranieri.

We're watching UEFA's video ft. Zlatan Ibrahimovic from last year's draw. An entire year to come up with content, and they're recycling material. Great.

Chelsea are getting an award for winning every UEFA competition. It's some sort of low-budget picture. "Stunning," says the recipient.

Two awards are going to be handed out before the draw, meaning my prediction is off to a good start.

The 2025/26 Champions League final will be in Budapest at the Puskas Arena- 30th May 2026.

Here we go then, the livestream is underway. How long until the actual draw starts? I'm going 13 minutes.

A whopping six Premier League teams are involved in this year's competition - Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea, Newcastle, and Tottenham. Spurs beat a team worse than Grimsby Town in order to qualify.

A whopping six Premier League teams are involved in this year's competition - Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea, Newcastle, and Tottenham. Spurs beat a team worse than Grimsby Town in order to qualify.

It's the second season of the League Phase, which of course replaced the Group Stage, and seems to have won fans over in what was an entertaining 2024/25 campaign.

It's the second season of the League Phase, which of course replaced the Group Stage, and seems to have won fans over in what was an entertaining 2024/25 campaign.

Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the 2025/26 Champions League League Phase draw.