Premier League Elite Clubs Will Find Out Which Group They Belong To After The Uefa Champions League Draw, With A Huge Financial Fall
There has never been a season like it for PREMIER LEAGUE clubs.
The Champions League group stage draw, which will take place in Istanbul on Thursday, will only serve to emphasize to fans how difficult even the first half of the season will be.
While Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City have all been finalists over the past two years, Tottenham's return to the summit of the European competition will have a significant financial impact on N17.
However, due to Arsenal and Manchester United's surprising Prem pacesetter status, all of England's Big Six — and possibly West Ham — must wait an additional 24 hours to learn their Europa League schedule.
Due to the winter World Cup, the domestic season will be broken into two halves, beginning on November 13 with 16 Premier League games and ending on Boxing Day with 22 more.
However, it has also compelled Uefa to restructure its regular schedule, resulting in an unprecedented program beginning at the beginning of next month.
The six Champions League group games, which begin on September 6, will only last 57 days, with six of those days falling on the weekdays.
The lone international break prior to the World Cup takes up two additional midweek timeslots, and England must win at least four of its games against Germany and Italy to have any hope of avoiding Nations League relegation.
There will also be 12 Big Six Premier League matches between the weekend before the start of Europe, when Arsenal travels to United, and the following weekend, when Spurs face Liverpool and Arsenal travels to Chelsea.
It guarantees that even the wealthiest clubs in England will have to put their resources and reserves to the test in this situation.
Maybe allowing those outside of the elite to believe they can knock a few of the big guns down a peg or two.
But there will be little sympathy and only expectations for Chelsea, Liverpool, City, and Spurs.
They can all anticipate significant financial windfalls.
Without even kicking a ball, City has amassed £53 million, Spurs £37.5 million, and Pep Guardiola's Premier League champions may earn up to £125 million if they win every game.
The absence of a Champions League trophy on the Etihad sideboard, though, is more than just an itch for Guardiola to scratch; it is a gaping wound.
Even though Carlo Ancelotti defeated Jurgen Klopp, it will have wounded him more to see him win a record-breaking fourth championship.
Despite his team appearing to be outmatched by Thomas Tuchel, Pep Guardiola, and Jurgen Klopp, Ancelotti managed to defeat each of them.
