Will we have a CL winner outside of Real Madrid or Barca in the near future ?

Each of these three teams are the last three Champions league winners and have dominated this competition  for a half a decade.In Barca's case,nearly a decade.
The question is pretty straightforward.Will we have a CL winner outside of these three super teams next season or even in the next few yrs perhaps?

yes.

Chelsea .

I'll let you know on June 6th 2016 (assuming the final is then).

Juve

isn't it too early for this? that's the problem i have with footy these days, when news is slow, we (fans and pundits) always want to jump the gun.....we haven't even seen how any of the teams will look next season and already we're asking if another team will win. last season, we had not even gotten to the christmas break and people on espn were proclaiming us (madrid) the best team ever....like really? i don't know when we started winning titles in january to proclaim one the best

the other day, bayern won the treble, and a couple weeks after they announced pep as coach and signed lewa, and before season kicked off i start hearing how they'll dominate europe and all that. barcelona have just won the treble and one of the guys on espn is already asking if they can retain champs league....wait till the season at least gets to crunch time, that way your judgement isn't clouded by being a fan

oh and then there's suarez, debates on what strikers are better than him and all that, whilst he was on suspension, we hadn't even seen him feature for the rivals yet, but the assumption was made he couldn't play second fiddle....imo i find it embarrassing to us that this guy didn't play competitive football till october and had more goals than all our forwards except cristiano (but that's another story, smh how we just blew this season, reminiscent of the 03/04 campaign)

let me get myself composed, i don't want to get into these rants, but i think there are more relevant things to address even in a slow news week than who can win next season's champions league....can discuss what to expect from copa america, summer moves you'd like, new signings (e.g khedira to juve), player ratings for the season...hell, this is the time the "my right back is better than yours" should be off the charts, this is the time to compare players, not comparing them when the season is up and down;

someone compares say aguero to alexis, the day alexis scores, and kun doesn't, the alexis fan-boy comes out and says "i told you so", the week after the reverse happens and the kun fan-boy comes and says "i told you so"....its the end of the season, now is the time such topics should be brought up and we asses who was better based on how the season turned out, which is the reasonable thing to do.....NOT, who will win next season's champions league, when most teams haven't engaged in transfers or even kicked a football to start the season, nor pre-season...let's get priorities straight

Nothing wrong with discussing the future tbh, I do doubt they'll be a different winner tbh but we'll see.

Arsenal.

Art Morte wrote:Arsenal.

he said next season ,not next life .

Nah, I have this feeling about Arsenal and I will be fiercely beating that drum all off-season long to maximize my own embarrassment potential.

@great leader, there are more important things right now....most of the major clubs won't have the same teams/personnel, and we don't know how they'll line up. we might as well start discussing euro 2016 if that's the case. copa america, player comparisons based on the season should be the relevant threads for now in my opinion. lol at the arsenal gibe

You might be onto something there,Art.

If you go by the unholy GL jinx,the team that gets bashed and underrated the most in the previous season goes on to have an extraordinary campaign the following year.
Its certainly been the case with Juventus and Dortmund.Arsenal are the next ones to follow ? They get bashed here regardless so could they surprise everyone?

I do think they have a solid team,similar quality to Juventus on paper and with one or two additions,can get to the final if not win it.It all depends on what they prioritize though.
Unlike City and United,they have a very good balance.Just need to add a bit more quality.

I for one love it when you go on rants, tito.

More of that please.

Chelsea are probably the most suited team to win the CL outside of the big 3.

But I think Barcelona will retain it for the first time ever.

Can change with Pep making better signings though.

titosantill wrote:@great leader, there are more important things right now....most of the major clubs won't have the same teams/personnel, and we don't know how they'll line up. we might as well start discussing euro 2016 if that's the case. copa america, player comparisons based on the season should be the relevant threads for now in my opinion. lol at the arsenal gibe

I understand but i can see why people want to discuss it, just makes it funnier when the predictions go terribly wrong lol.

Arsenal have the squad to do a Juventus but they also have Wenger who ain't no Euromax so there is that. I mean Euroarse doesn't even sound too well.

CL finals: Allegri 1-1 Wenger

EurosimusMaximus is a good 95 years younger tho

Arsene drinks from the fountain of youth everytime he signs a random 15 year old from France IMO.

No. Can see Barca retaining the title for the first time ever

farfan wrote:

Art Morte wrote:Arsenal.

he said next season ,not next life .

Manchester United.

jibers wrote:Manchester United.

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Atletico Madrid will make the semis as long as they avoid Real or Barca before it.

RealGunner wrote:

jibers wrote:Manchester United.

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Sevilla.

If not win it, they'll become the new hipster team, replacing Dortmund.