Champions League 2018/19: 4 teams who have the squad to win the competition (apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona)

Europe's most prestigious competition is back with a bang. We've seen it all in the first week from Messi scoring another hat-trick to Ronaldo getting send off on his Juventus debut.

Having a profound squad is always essential for any team to go far and perhaps win the competition. Here are 4 teams I think have the squad to lift the trophy at Metropolitano stadium next year.

(Note: I won't be including Barcelona or Real Madrid as let's face it regardless of the squad both Spanish giants are always gonna be top two favorites to win the competition.)

4. Juventus

The current Serie A champions came so close to winning it all in 2014/15 and in 2016/17 season when they faced Barcelona and Real Madrid in the final but they were by far outclassed by both Spanish giants.

This summer, when it was announced that Cristiano Ronaldo will be joining the Old Lady from Real Madrid, odds turned automatically in Juventus's corner as when it comes to performing on big occasions you can always count on the 5-time Ballon d'Or winner having done it on the big stage a countless number of times with Real Madrid.

Juventus players celebrate after Pjanic opened the scoring against Valencia.

The odds are only increasing since their first UCL game this season, where they defeated Valencia away from home despite being one man down since the 29th minute of the game as none other than Cristiano Ronaldo was given a controversial straight red card.

With the help of their star-studded squad which includes the likes of Paulo Dybala, Giorgio Chiellini, and Miralem Pjanic Juventus are definitely one to look out for in this season of the Champions League.

3.Manchester City

Having won the Premier League in record-breaking fashion last season, Pep Guardiola's prime focus is probably gonna be the Champions League. They were handed a difficult start as Lyon produced magic to beat them two goals to one at the Etihad Stadium.

City players frustrated after Lyon went 2-0 up at Etihad

However, no one can doubt that the current Premier League winners have one of the best squad in the competition. Perhaps, they might be the only team that has a backup player in each position in the tournament. The way likes of David Silva, Ederson, and Sergio Aguero are performing, City is no underdogs in this competition. However, Kevin De Bruyne's injury might be difficult to overcome in the first part of the campaign.

2.Bayern Munich

Bayern may not have the squad depth of past seasons, but the Germans have always managed to reach the latter stages of the tournament.

Injuries have always been a concern to Bayern and this season is no new to them as the likes of Coman, Tolisso and Rafinha have already been injured. Bayern fans would obviously hope they are back in action soon but looking at the past it's hard to be optimistic about this.

Nevertheless, 27 times Bundesliga champions are not new to this competition and hopefully, the new coach Niko Kovac is ready with a solution to their recent European failure's.

1.Liverpool

After coming so close last year, Liverpool kick-started their campaign this year with a bang after defeating PSG 3 goals to 2 at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp's side was always one goalkeeper away from being the most complete side in Europe the fact that still haunts them after Loris Karius's blunder in last season's final.

Roberto Firmino celebrating his late winner against PSG.

However, after signing Brazilian sensation Allison from Roma this summer the Red's are certainly aware of the expectation from their fans of bringing the prestigious trophy home.