The new-look Champions League finally gets underway this week, with more ways to watch Europe’s elite than ever before.

UEFA‘s premier competition has undergone a radical revamp for 2024/25, with a 36-team league replacing the old-style group stage.

The Champions League debuts a new format this season with new TV deals as wellGetty

Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Celtic are the five British representatives involved in the first season of the new format.

All sides have to accommodate an extra two games guaranteed as the League Phase run across eight game weeks until January 2025.

For the first time, the opening round of Champions League fixtures will be played across three nights from Tuesday-Thursday.

Liverpool travel to AC Milan tonight, live on talkSPORT, while we will also have coverage of Man City v Inter Milan on Wednesday, and Arsenal’s trip to Atalanta a day later.

In addition to all these changes, there will also be a new broadcaster in the UK under a new TV agreement.

TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) had been the exclusive rights holder for UEFA’s men’s club tournaments since 2015.

However, Amazon, who also broke TNT’s duopoly over Premier League rights that it shared with Sky in 2018, secured 17 first-pick Champions League matches on Tuesday nights until 2027.

TNT has retained the lion’s share and will screen 187 of the 204 games – with the BBC also permitted to air a highlights show.

Amazon’s limited number of matches are first-pick though, which guarantees Premier League interest up until the semi-finals.

Prime Video have already confirmed coverage of two games from Liverpool and Arsenal, as well as one Man City tie in their first five fixtures.

Aston Villa are the only Premier League team not included in Amazon’s first five picksGetty

The Reds’ trip to the San Siro to play AC Milan is first up, with Arsenal’s heavyweight clash with Paris Saint-Germain in October.

The Gunners will be on Amazon again later that month, before Xabi Alonso‘s return to Anfield as his Bayer Leverkusen face Liverpool.

How to watch this week’s games for free

Existing and new Prime members can watch the game via the Prime Video app, across mobile, Fire TV, video game consoles, Virgin’s V6 TV Box, BT TV, TalkTalk TV, Apple TV, Chromecast and online.

For fans who are not already members, you can start a FREE 30-day trial of Amazon Prime giving you access to all of this week’s games. You can sign up here.

Alternatively, new customers can join Amazon Prime for £8.99 per month or £95 for a year’s subscription. 

Amazon Prime members can stream up to three games on different devices at the same time. Each match will have on-screen pundits, build-up and post-match analysis.

You can check out all the latest Champions League betting for this week’s fixtures with talkSPORT BET.