I don't know, like every year we talk about the same teams that can win the Champions League, and as always we are disappointed when we see that in reality the teams that were the favorites in the end don't reach the final or the final stages, this is something that teaches us not to underestimate the small teams that then surprise us or even the less favored ones.
Here need to understand few points why always talk about few teams here to win UEFA Champions League top teams have enough sources for controlling things and their quality and consistency is also at the top because they are always at their best with quality players.
Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Barcelona teams which always in limelight for staying in top ranks this make members to talk about them in every season few other teams are also having consistency in performance, but these are having good ups and downs. In this upcoming season, these could be surely in top spots because they spend huge funds and have enough depth for taking advantage.
And if we look at the champions and runners-up of the last 15 years of the UEFA Champions League, we can reduce the list of favorites to just a few. It's a matter of statistics, that's why they are always in the spotlight. Although I would like to see more competitiveness, whoever has more money dominates the game. If a player stands out in a smaller team, he is quickly sucked away by a big team. Basically, the market is a monopoly in every sense of the word.