The draw for the knockout playoff round of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League featured some of the biggest clubs in Europe.

The six Premier League teams involved in the Champions League all receieved a large financial windfall by progressing out of the league phase of the competition.

Of the six English clubs in the competition, only Newcastle feature in the play-off round because the other five – Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Manchester City – qualified direct...