There are 36 teams competing in the 2024/2025 UCL but the thread is packed with only discussions about Real Madrid and what could be Mbappe's first UCL title. I know that Real Madrid are the kings of UCL for years now but it's worth noting that on those recent years they won the UCL, they came very close to losing it. The final against Liverpool, the comebacks against City, Chelsea and most recently, defeating City and Dortmund to win it the just concluded season.
My point is, there is still a very big chance that Madrid would not win the 2024/2025 UCL. It's a long shot even though Madrid has the dream team.
It seems like Real Madrid and Mbappe will continue to be hot topic of conversation in the next season because Mbappe has just joined and in his first season will give different sentiment where more people will follow his developments while defending Real Madrid.
In the UCL competition, Real Madrid always gets satisfactory results when they reach the final and this is what most people want, they want to see Mbappe be able to win the UCL title in his first season and this is quite natural considering that Mbappe is star player.
To be honest, on the other hand, I consider what you said to be true, that there are still many other teams that will participate and Real Madrid chance of winning the UCL again can still be said to be not guaranteed because there will also be possibility that big surprise will occur.
It just that as football fan, especially for the Real Madrid team, everyone has the freedom to express their own hopes for the results of the 2024/25 UCL season competition.