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A Real Madrid fan since childhood, he dreamed of playing for Real Madrid and has now fulfilled that dream, even though it took a lot of drama to get to Los Blancos because of PSG's refusal to sell.
When he is at Real Madrid it will be easy to win many titles, starting from LaLiga, Copa Del Rey, Champion League and finally the EUFA Super Cup that has been won for him.
A myriad of talented players are now at Real Madrid, and this is the most favored club to win the Champions League this season, yes it could be coming to its 16th time trophy.

Maybe it will be so, at least the beginning for him was really easy, the first official match and he won the UEFA Super Cup. Maybe in the new season he will be able to win the Champions League, but it is too early to talk about it, I looked at the odds and they look like this:

City - 3.25
Real - 3.95
Arsenal - 9.85
Liverpool - 11.10
Bayern - 12.70
Barcelona - 13.10
PSG - 16.80

It is surprising that Arsenal is higher than Bayern, Barcelona and even PSG. It is also not clear why City is considered the favorite, Real is the record holder in this tournament, although I probably agree with this, City really played better than Real. Probably in this rating I disagree only with the position of Bayern and would raise it higher.

These are odds that are trying to mislead bettors. It is just strange that the trophy holder is not given as a favorite, and that the other finalist is not even in the top 10 picks, Borussia Dortmund is quoted 34 And arsenal strangely is given more favorites than many other clearly superior teams. It is all very strange

It's clear that Real Madrid should be the most likely to defend their trophy. But, as you said, it's weird they got second, not first. Prob Pep's factor is the reason why we're still seeing City at the first place. Also, the funny thing is that Arsenal is more favored. They have smaller odds than Munich, which beat them last season. But the only acceptable reason is probably due to the new coach of Bayern Munich. Still, this looks so strange.

It's not a matter of likely but Real Madrid is the defending champion and of course, is a viable one that might replicate the success if they can maintain a good feat like last season. This time that Mbappe has joined them, I wish them better luck and another UCL added to his achievement in football. It's nevertheless disappointing with what the club has played this new season, I never expected Mallorca to draw them and it shows that more is to be done.

But Barcelona won its first season match against Valencia though everyone is still silent about that because Real Madrid is the reigning champion in both La Liga and the UCL. People often talked about the winner and no wonder the wide gap of 3.95 (Madrid) to 13.10 (Barcelona) in that book maker's speculation. This is however not so important because the bookies could be wrong and odds are not the yardstick to know the club that will lift the trophy. Still, I love the way the bookie did not undermine the capability of Man City and gave them the best odds. I've not seen a better club than it in Europe this time, UCL or not.