A terrifying possibility has emerged as Liverpool’s possible opponents in the Champions League are confirmed

This season, Arne Slot, the new head coach of Liverpool, will usher in a new era for the Reds in the Champions League.

It’s possible that Liverpool’s exclusion from the Champions League was temporary. However, they will be back in a tournament that has had the biggest makeover in over 20 years next month.

This evening at 5 p.m. UK time, Monaco will host the draw for the first stage proper. Under new head coach Arne Slot’s direction, the team will be looking for the beginning of their journey, which they hope will bring them to Munich in May of next year.

The Champions League group stage, which was a mainstay since the competition’s inception more than 30 years ago, is no longer present. Rather, all of the teams are now included in a single league table, with a total of 36 teams instead of 32.

The Champions League group stage, which was a mainstay since the competition’s inception more than 30 years ago, is no longer present. Rather, all of the teams are now included in a single league table, with a total of 36 teams instead of 32.

Eight games will be played by clubs, up from the existing six. Each of the four pots of nine teams will have one home and one away match; the order of the pots is based only on the clubs’ results in European competition during the previous five years.

Teams are not allowed to play each other from the same nation, though this may not always be avoided due to draw-related issues. Each nation may field a maximum of two teams for competition. Additionally, the final two league stage games will be played in late January, which is a departure from the regular schedule.

This implies that Liverpool may reunite with former Reds assistant manager Pep Lijnders, who led his Red Bull Salzburg team to victory over Dynamo Kiev, a team who defeated Rangers of the Scottish Premiership, in this week’s final play-off round.

Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, and Barcelona are in pot one alongside Liverpool.

Arsenal, Bruges, AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, Atletico Madrid, Atalanta, Juventus, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Bruges make up Pot 2.

The last two pots have also been resolved, as the last play-off round was finished on Wednesday. In pot three, Feyenoord, Sporting Lisbon, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic, and Dinamo Zagreb are joined by Salzburg, Lille, Red Star Belgrade, and Young Boys.

In addition, Sparta Prague, Monaco, Aston Villa, Bologna, Girona, Stuttgart, Sturm Graz, and Brest have advanced to the fourth round together with Slovan Bratislava.

Meeting Bayern Munich and Real Madrid from pot one, Bayer Leverkusen and Juventus from pot two, Feyenoord and Lille from pot three, and Monaco and Bologna from pot four is arguably one of the hardest assignments Liverpool could be given.

They might also be paired with Sparta Prague, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Bruges, Young Boys, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic, and Slovan Bratislava.

Physical balls will be used to manually draw each of the 36 teams. An automated software program will choose eight opponents at random from each of the four pots for each team that is manually drawn. Which games will be played at home and away will also be decided by the program.

Only on Saturday, August 31 will the dates of the fixtures be finalised in order to prevent conflicts with the Europa League and Europa Conference League.

The top eight clubs in the league table advance to the knockout stages automatically, while the remaining 16 teams compete in a two-leg play-off to advance. The games in the play-off depend on the teams’ league positions: ninth versus 24th, 10th versus 23rd, and so forth.

After that, the competition proceeds normally as a knockout, starting with the final 16. There will be no more elimination from the Europa League for the bottom 12 teams in the league due to their complete elimination from European qualification.