ShareHaving only left Manchester City for Barcelona this month, Rodri will not have to wait long to go up against his former club.Rodri will be reunited with his former employers after Barcelona were drawn to face Manchester City in Thursday's league-phase draw for the Champions League.Spain's World Cup winner and Golden Ball recipient joined the Blaugrana in a deal worth €76.5m (£65m) earlier this month, following seven hugely successful years with City.He won 13 major honours during his time in England, including four straight Premier League titles between 2020-21 and 2023-24 and the 2022-23 Champions League, scoring City's winner against Inter in the final.Barca are one of the eight teams City were paired with in Thursday's Champions League draw, with holders Paris Saint-Germain another daunting opponent for Enzo Maresca's men.City will be at home to Luis Enrique's champions but will be on the road against Barcelona, with the exact fixture list set to be confirmed in the coming days.Aston Villa will also face PSG and Barcelona, albeit with the home advantage flipped compared to City's ties, while Liverpool will visit Inter and host Atletico Madrid in their most difficult matchups.And Barca and PSG will also face each other at the Parc des Princes. It will be the 14th time they have met in the Champions League since the French side came under Qatari ownership in 2011 – three more times than PSG have faced any other team in that time. PSG have beaten Barca five times in the Champions League, with Chelsea the only other side they have overcome on five occasions in the competition since 2011.Last season's runners-up Arsenal, meanwhile, will host Real Madrid – who they eliminated at the quarter-final stage in 2024-25 with Declan Rice scoring two stunning free-kicks.The Gunners are the team Madrid have faced most often in major European competitions without ever winning (four times, D1 L3, all in the Champions League). Mikel Arteta's side topped the league phase last season, but they have a tough set of fixtures overall, with Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli among their other opponents.And Manchester United, who are back at Europe's top table for the first time since 2023-24, will visit Atleti and host Bayern – who they famously beat in the 1999 final – in their two most eye-catching fixtures.The opening matches of the 2026-27 Champions League campaign will take place in the week commencing September 7, with matchday two not coming until mid-October, due to an extended international break taking place in late September.There are four Champions League debutants taking part in the 2026-27 league stage, with Azerbaijani champions Sabah joining Cesc Fabregas' Como, Norwegian side Viking and Austria's LASK, who eliminated Celtic from the play-offs with a remarkable comeback from four goals down this week.Having only left Manchester City for Barcelona this month, Rodri will not have to wait long to go up against his former club.Rodri will be reunited with his former employers after Barcelona were drawn to face Manchester City in Thursday's league-phase draw for the Champions League.Spain's World Cup winner and Golden Ball recipient joined the Blaugrana in a deal worth €76.5m (£65m) earlier this month, following seven hugely successful years with City.He won 13 major honours during his time in England, including four straight Premier League titles between 2020-21 and 2023-24 and the 2022-23 Champions League, scoring City's winner against Inter in the final.Barca are one of the eight teams City were paired with in Thursday's Champions League draw, with holders Paris Saint-Germain another daunting opponent for Enzo Maresca's men.City will be at home to Luis Enrique's champions but will be on the road against Barcelona, with the exact fixture list set to be confirmed in the coming days.Aston Villa will also face PSG and Barcelona, albeit with the home advantage flipped compared to City's ties, while Liverpool will visit Inter and host Atletico Madrid in their most difficult matchups.And Barca and PSG will also face each other at the Parc des Princes. It will be the 14th time they have met in the Champions League since the French side came under Qatari ownership in 2011 – three more times than PSG have faced any other team in that time. PSG have beaten Barca five times in the Champions League, with Chelsea the only other side they have overcome on five occasions in the competition since 2011.Last season's runners-up Arsenal, meanwhile, will host Real Madrid – who they eliminated at the quarter-final stage in 2024-25 with Declan Rice scoring two stunning free-kicks.The Gunners are the team Madrid have faced most often in major European competitions without ever winning (four times, D1 L3, all in the Champions League). Mikel Arteta's side topped the league phase last season, but they have a tough set of fixtures overall, with Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli among their other opponents.And Manchester United, who are back at Europe's top table for the first time since 2023-24, will visit Atleti and host Bayern – who they famously beat in the 1999 final – in their two most eye-catching fixtures.The opening matches of the 2026-27 Champions League campaign will take place in the week commencing September 7, with matchday two not coming until mid-October, due to an extended international break taking place in late September.There are four Champions League debutants taking part in the 2026-27 league stage, with Azerbaijani champions Sabah joining Cesc Fabregas' Como, Norwegian side Viking and Austria's LASK, who eliminated Celtic from the play-offs with a remarkable comeback from four goals down this week.