Bukayo Saka said Arsenal are ready to write a new chapter in the club’s story when they face Paris Saint-Germain in Saturday’s Champions League final in Budapest. The winger said the players are highly motivated to etch their names into the history books forever, with a first European crown now within reach.
For Arsenal, the timing could hardly be sharper. They lifted the Premier League trophy for the first time in 22 years before the final, but Europe’s biggest prize has always slipped away. This is only their second Champions League final, and the first ended in defeat to Barcelona in 2006.
Saka tied that ambition to his own path through the club. He said his journey started at Hale End when he was seven or eight years old, and that reaching this stage has made the dream feel real at last. “We know the history of the club and we know that tomorrow we can write history as players winning it for the first time,” he said, looking ahead to the chance to deliver another trophy for Arsenal.
Martin Odegaard struck the same note, saying he has dreamed about winning trophies since he was a child playing with friends in Norway and that Arsenal want to make even more history after ending their 22-year wait for the league title. He said the prospect would mean a lot to supporters and that the squad is ready for the game.
The friction for Arsenal is impossible to ignore. They already have a domestic title in hand, but the club has never won the European Cup or Champions League in its 140-year history, and one final loss already sits in the record books. Saturday gives them another chance to change that story in one night, in one arena, against one of Europe’s toughest opponents.
If Arsenal beat PSG in Budapest, the club will do more than add silverware. It will close the gap that has hung over generations of supporters and turn a long-running ambition into a first Champions League title that no one in red and white has ever lifted before.
