Liverpool's road to the 2025 Champions League final starts with the defending French champions. Liverpool were far and away the best team in the Champions League league phase and finished atop the standings with 21 out of 24 possible points. Their only defeat came against PSV Eindhoven on the final matchday when Arne Slot rested his best players.

Tired of finishing second best to Manchester City, Liverpool took revenge on the English champions with a 2-0 victory at the Etihad on Sunday to strike a potentially decisive blow in the Premier League title race.

Germain’s (PSG) interest in Liverpool centre-back Ibrahima Konate seemed to shoot up out of nowhere in the past week or so. It doesn’t have a complete lack of sense, mind. He recently captained his native France and grew up in the City of Light,