Arsenal have already received one "huge boost" for PSG Champions League final

Arsenal person already received 1 "huge boost" for the 2025-26 Champions League last against Paris Saint-Germain, ex-Gunners striker Jeremie Aliadiere has exclusively told Sports Mole.

The Gunners volition soon contention the archetypal Champions League final betwixt 2 nationalist champions since the 2019-20 season, erstwhile Ligue 1 holders PSG were beaten by Bayern Munich down closed doors.

Les Parisiens are present going for back-to-back European Cups, though, portion Arsenal are yet to etch their sanction onto the celebrated trophy, lone reaching 1 erstwhile last successful 2006 and suffering a gut-wrenching 2-1 decision to Barcelona.

However, Mikel Arteta's men caput to Budapest arsenic the newly-crowned Premier League champions, ending a 22-year hold for top-flight glory and meaning they person the accidental to go conscionable the 4th English squad to triumph a league and European Cup treble aft Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool.

By conquering the Premier League, Arsenal person already avoided a "much tougher" Champions League final, Aliadiere believes, though helium inactive singled retired 2 PSG players who could bash immoderate superior harm to the Gunners.

Arsenal person "huge boost" earlier Champions League final

"I felt if Arsenal won the Premier League, this would springiness them immense boost going into the last and tin unafraid the Champions League triumph arsenic well," Aliadiere said successful relation with William Hill, 1 of the UK's champion betting sites.

"Make nary mistake that this is specified a pugnacious lucifer for Arsenal, PSG are a superb team, with apical players and offensively with [Ousmane] Dembele and [Khvicha] Kvaratskhelia, they are a monolithic threat.

"But Arsenal person the champion defence successful the contention this play by a mile and this counts a lot. Had Arsenal not got implicit the enactment successful the Premier League then, it could person go a batch tougher.

"Pressure tin equine and it could beryllium a pugnacious evening, but Arsenal tin larn from past twelvemonth and spell 1 better."

Aliadiere managed 9 goals and 4 assists successful 50 appearances for Arsenal, including 2 outings successful the Champions League against Inter Milan - successful the 5-1 San Siro triumph - and CSKA Moscow.

PSG vs. Arsenal: The cardinal battles successful Champions League final

Aliadiere name-checked Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia arsenic PSG's main information men, and the second successful peculiar volition person a glint successful his eyes astatine the Puskas Arena.

Arsenal could beryllium missing some right-backs successful Jurrien Timber and Ben White owed to injury, meaning that Arteta volition beryllium forced to shoe-horn Cristhian Mosquera - a centre-back by commercialized - into a wide role.

On the other end, however, PSG left-back Nuno Mendes has not played since the semi-final 2nd limb against Bayern Munich owed to a dormant leg, truthful the Portuguese whitethorn not beryllium astatine afloat fittingness erstwhile helium comes up against Bukayo Saka.

The latter's chap attacker Viktor Gyokeres tin expect a monstrous carnal conflict with Marquinhos and Willian Pacho too, portion the scrap for midfield supremacy betwixt Vitinha and Declan Rice is besides 1 to watch.

Jeremie Aliadiere was speaking to Sports Mole connected behalf of William Hill for the Arsenal vs. PSG Champions League last preview.