The UEFA Champions League's first-ever league phase is over, and the knockout stage outlook is now much clearer. Manchester City avoided disaster, Liverpool topped the league-phase table, and we will get Manchester City against either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the playoffs.
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Harry Kane helps Bayern Munich to beat Slovan Bratislava but victory is only good enough to earn the German club a play-off spot in the Champions League.
Some of the Bavarians' best players will be free agents at the end of the season, while their most valuable player has just 18 months left on his deal
Bayern Munich sporting director Christopher Freund revealed that he is "positive" Joshua Kimmich will turn down transfer interest from a fleet of Europe's elite to sign a new contract with the Bavarians this year.
Manchester City’s reward for sealing their place in the Champions League knockout play-off stage is a tie with either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. Pep Guardiola’s men went into
Mathys Tel has all the attributes to be a top player one day, but he may be on his way out of Bayern Munich before transfer deadline day. As the biggest club in Germany, it stands to reason that Bayern Munich will often snap up the best young players in the game, and Mathys Tel is certainly in that bracket.
City will face one of those two European heavyweights in the Champions League next month after scraping through to the play-off round on Wednesday.
Joshua Kimmich has been one of the key performers for Bayern Munich since joining them in 2015. He excelled in the midfield and is now ruling as a right-back. Thanks to his consistently impressive performances, he continues to be an integral part of the German side.
It is only if they reach the semi-finals that the six-time European champions could face some of the pre-tournament favourites, with Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Manchester City among the sides who could be lying in wait.
THE new-look Champions League group stage has finally been completed, with 24 teams now preparing to learn their fate in the competition. Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Barcelona were among