Bukayo Saka has said that the team are determined to write a new chapter in the club’s history as we take on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final on Saturday.
Fresh from lifting the Premier League trophy for the first time in 22 years, we could win European football’s greatest prize this weekend, when we face the holders in Budapest’s Puskas Arena.
It would be the first time in our 140-year history that we have become champions of Europe, and it’s only the second Champions League final we have reached, after losing to Barcelona in 2006.
Speaking in the pre-match press conference in Hungary, Saka said the players are highly motivated to etch their name in the history books forever.
“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. “So that already is a lot of motivation for us.
“We all know where my journey started. Seven, eight years old at Hale End. This was a long way away, trying to win the Premier League, trying to win the Champions League with Arsenal. It feels like this last week, it’s all kind of become a reality. And tomorrow, I’m very excited about the opportunity to win another trophy here and to create that history for the club that I love.”
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Martin Odegaard joined Saka in the pre-match press conference on the eve of the final, and he said that the Premier League success has only added to the team’s ambition.
“I’ve been dreaming about winning these trophies, since I grew up playing football as a kid with my friends, in the little pitch next to my house in Norway,” he added. “It’s something special that we can achieve that has not been done before.
“It was 22 years since we last won the Premier League, and now finally, we did it. So we want to make even more history. When you get the taste of winning and lifting a trophy, you know how nice it feels. So obviously we want to do it again.
“It would mean a lot to everyone, to our supporters, and we’re ready to do it. I’m looking forward to the game.”
Hear everything the players had to say by watching the full press conference above
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