Champions League Hot Favorites

Barclays Premier League:

1. Manchester City:
    With the arrival of Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City are ready to take the first step for their road to the Champions League and Premier League title. City finished nine points behind the champions Manchester United, while third place Chelsea was just three points behind them. The 59 yr old Italian admits a slow start to the forth coming season. Until now City had spent around 115€ million on Fernandinho, Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo, Stephan Jovetic. The former Malaga couch expects a winning start in the Premier League.

2. Chelsea:
    Mourinho has recently returned to Stamford Bridge for a second spell following stints at Inter and Real Madrid. Chelsea in need for a striker, brought back Lukaku for loan who can be their next Drogba. The Blues who are already strong in the mid field added Andre Schurrle, Marco Van Ginkil, Cristian Cuevas to their squad. The blues are still waiting for new signings in striker position and defensive position.

La Liga:
1. Real Madrid:
      Carlo Ancelotti is the new manager for Real Madrid. With the new signings like Illaramendi, young star Isco and Carvajal, they look strong. Still waiting for Gareth Bale to join, they look as the hot favorites this season.

French league 1:
1. PSG:
      The French champions bringing large amount of money for the transfers had already bought Cavani and are in race to the title of Champions of the Champions.

Bundesliga:
1. Borussia Dortmund:
      The Germans are also in the race as they had already defeated their rivals Bayern Munich in their super cup.
2. Bayern Munich:
      Pep Guardiola brought some new faces like Thiago Alacantra into the team, making it more powerful and the return of Badstuber from injury has added strength to the team.