Players to watch in Champions League - from stars to wonderkids

The Champions League returns this week, and this clip you'll beryllium capable to watch highlights crossed nan BBC.

From 22:00 connected nan Wednesday of Champions League matchweeks, location will beryllium match-by-match highlights disposable connected BBC iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app, positive a typical Champions League Match of nan Day connected BBC One astatine 22:40.

To get everyone successful nan mood, BBC Sport has picked retired 25 players extracurricular nan Premier League to watch this season, ranging from nan very evident to immoderate talented youngsters.

Forward Mbappe only needs to people doubly to participate nan top-10 European Cup goalscorers ever this season. But he has yet to assistance nan trophy.

His move from Paris St-Germain to perennial European champions Real Madrid intends this could beryllium his year.

Midfielder Bellingham exceeded each expectations past season, hitting 23 goals successful each competitions arsenic Real Madrid won nan Champions League and La Liga.

The goals dried up a spot though aft Christmas and, 2 immense goals aside, his Euro 2024 performances for England were underwhelming.

Can he deed nan crushed moving successful nan Champions League this season?

The astir breathtaking youngster successful nan world. The winger made a sanction for himself astatine Barcelona past season, breaking respective records astatine nan property of 16.

But he became a world arena astatine Euro 2024, helping Spain assistance nan trophy.

Can he unrecorded up to nan hype this season? He already has 3 La Liga goals.

Another of Spain's European Championship stars, nan attacking midfielder is playing elder shot for a Spanish nine for nan first time.

Barca's summertime signing from Leipzig has scored successful his first 3 appearances for nan club.

Striker Kane is opening his yearly hunt for a maiden trophy again.

Last play he deed a sensational 44 goals for Bayern but they didn't triumph immoderate silverware for nan first clip successful much than a decade.

Can that alteration nether erstwhile Burnley leader Vincent Kompany?

Another Londoner astatine Bayern, though Olise made his elder France debut successful this month's Nations League games.

The winger, a large summertime signing from Crystal Palace, will he hoping to impressment successful his first play playing successful Europe.

The versatile attacking midfielder is backmost astatine Leipzig connected indebtedness from Paris St-Germain for nan 2nd play successful a row.

He scored 10 goals and registered 15 assists successful 43 games past play - and will activity to amended connected that tally this time.

The latest Norwegian wonderkid, winger Nusa joined Leipzig from Club Bruges this summertime - contempt being a target for Chelsea, Tottenham and Brentford.

He has already scored doubly for his caller club, which takes him halfway to his champion goalscoring play already.

Forward Alvarez has already scored 8 Champions League goals and won nan trophy - but this will beryllium his first play arsenic nan main man successful a team.

Atletico Madrid will beryllium expecting him to present aft paying £81.5m to enlistee him from Manchester City.

Midfielder Gallagher yet completed his on-off transportation to Atletico Madrid from Chelsea - and seems to person settled successful well.

His power and thrust could spot him go a favourite of Atleti leader Diego Simeone.

Defensive midfielder Neves joined PSG from Benfica for a interest of astatine slightest £50m, successful 1 of nan biggest signings of nan summer.

He has already played 75 first-team games for Benfica, 4 for PSG and won 11 caps for Portugal, contempt still being a teenager.

Another big-money teen to subordinate PSG this summertime - they paid £42m to motion Rennes attacking midfielder Doue.

Tottenham and Bayern Munich had besides wanted nan breathtaking youngster, who tin play connected nan helping aliases centrally.

Gyokeres is considered 1 of nan astir lethal strikers successful Europe, contempt being yet to play successful 1 of nan apical leagues.

He has played successful nan 2nd tiers successful Sweden, Germany and England - for Swansea and Coventry - and has scored 51 goals successful 56 games for Sporting.

This will beryllium his first play successful nan Champions League.

Winger Lookman has go a caller man since joining Atalanta successful 2022, scoring 33 goals successful conscionable complete 2 years - including a hat-trick successful nan Europa League last against Bayer Leverkusen.

The London-born subordinate had grounded to deed double figures successful immoderate of his seasons successful England and will beryllium hoping to adhd to nan 61 minutes of Champions League acquisition he had astatine Leipzig.

New England world Gomes remains Manchester United's youngest Premier League player, having made his debut aged 16 successful 2017.

But it is astatine Lille wherever nan elastic midfield subordinate has made his name, and made a Ligue 1 precocious of 8 assists past season.

The talented midfielder turned down nan chance to move to Juventus and Napoli earlier this twelvemonth to enactment pinch Shakhtar Donetsk, contempt nan continuing penetration of Ukraine by Russia.

Sudakov will beryllium aiming for different bully Champions League campaign, having netted against Barcelona past season.

Celtic person spent large this summertime pinch nan £11m nine grounds signing of midfielder Engels, who made his Belgium debut earlier this month.

He was a regular for Augsburg successful nan Bundesliga past play successful a assortment of positions, including each crossed nan midfield and astatine right-back.

Florian Wirtz has been connected nan segment for years but is still only 21. He has spent his elder profession truthful acold pinch Bayer Leverkusen and, pinch their German double triumph past season, nan clamour for him to move connected to triumph trophies whitethorn dice down.

Twelve of his 44 Leverkusen goals person travel successful nan Europa League, but this is his first play successful Europe's apical competition.

Frimpong excelled past play arsenic a correct wing-back successful Xabi Alonso's astir unstoppable Leverkusen team.

He scored 14 goals and notched different 12 assists successful each competitions. Can he return nan Champions League by storm?

The diminutive midfielder, supposedly dubbed nan adjacent Luka Modric, has been linked to Juventus and Arsenal but remains astatine Dinamo Zagreb for now.

Part of Croatia's Euro 2024 squad, this is his 2nd play successful nan Champions League group stages aft 2022-23.

Striker Guirassy joined Borussia Dortmund for what could beryllium to beryllium a bargain £15m this summer, aft a breakout play for Stuttgart ended pinch him scoring 28 goals successful 28 Bundesliga games - astatine nan property of 28.

He was unfortunate to not triumph a Golden Boot, pinch Bundesliga rival Kane nan only subordinate to people much successful Europe's apical 5 leagues.

This is his 2nd play successful nan Champions League aft nan 2020-21 run pinch Rennes - erstwhile he netted a extremity against Chelsea.

Ukraine keeper Trubin is entering his 5th play successful nan Champions League pinch Shakhtar Donetsk and Benfica - not bad for a 23-year-old.

He has made 37 appearances successful Europe already, including nan Europa League and qualifiers.

England Under-20 midfielder Clark was 1 of nan alleged Jurgen Klopp's kids astatine Liverpool past season, playing 12 times. He became their youngest ever European goalscorer pinch a Europa League extremity against Sparta Prague.

He will dream to get a batch much crippled clip this play aft a £10m move to Austria to play for Salzburg, managed by ex-Liverpool adjunct Pep Lijnders.

One of Turkey's breathtaking young talents astatine Euro 2024, attacking midfielder Yildiz will dream to make his Champions League debut this season.

He played 32 times for Juventus past season, scoring 4 goals.

The Belgium winger scored 14 goals and bagged 14 assists for Dutch champions PSV successful each competitions past season.

There is nary uncertainty astir his ambition - he says he wants to situation for nan Ballon d'Or wrong 5 years.