Gomes or Barkely? Mings or Torres? Selection dilemmas await Emery on Champions League return
08.09.26, 09:00 Updated 08.09.26, 10:12
Andre Llewellyn
Aston Villa return to the Champions League on Tuesday after a season away from Europe’s premier competition.
To set the scene, it’s a familiar opponent in Club Brugge, a team Villa played three times en route to the quarter-finals in 2025.
Despite a difficult start to the new campaign, with Villa failing to score in their first three Premier League games for the second consecutive season, Unai Emery will be hoping that, just like last term, European action can act as a springboard.
The Villans’ squad has been overhauled since their last Champions League outing, and with 11 new additions this summer, what will the starting XI look like in Belgium?
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Andre Llewellyn Journalism student at the University of Derby, and lifelong Aston Villa supporter.