Last season (126) I stayed the same season but won the SL so now I 'm playing again in CL.
Last day of the season, I kept my best 8 near 7* players + 8 players with low quality.
But the 1st day of the season, I already had in my squad the 4 new academy players.
It seems that those 4 academy players replaced 4 of the lower quality players I had so it was
- the 8 best
- the 4 YA players
- 2 players 2*
for the draw.
So I had a draw in CL with opponents +1 LV.
Not strong but it was the first time after many seasons.
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It's not 100% sure but I believe that if you want to go for the treble, you must ignore totally the academy players.
Do not sign anyone unless you will invest to 1-2 but you must count them as the high quality players .