14 players in total
Saka & Lewis-Skelly next for Arsenal? Every English player to score in Champions League final
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The Champions League final has witnessed some incredible spectacles and moments since the competition was founded in 1992, as well as the now-defunct European Champion Clubs’ Cup that preceded it. English players have certainly played their part in that, and as Arsenal take on PSG at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on Saturday, five members of their squad will be hoping to add their names to list of English goalscorers in the biggest game in club football.
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B. Saka
Right Winger
€120.00m
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M. Lewis-Skelly
Left-Back
€35.00m
Bukayo Saka and Myles Lewis-Skelly were handed starts by Mikel Arteta for the game, with Eberechi Eze, Noni Madueke and Max Dowman named on the bench. The England pair would get their chance to add their names to the history books to join 14 other Englishman to score in a Champions League or European Cup final.
One of them, of course, is Sol Campbell, the only Arsenal player on the list. His goal opened the scoring for the Gunners in the 2005/06 final before losing 2-1 to Barcelona. As one of Arsenal's most successful attackers in recent history, Saka would surely love nothing more than to add his name to that list.
Prestigious names such as Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Teddy Sheringham and Steve McManaman have all managed the feat. But only two Englishmen have scored more than once: Sir Bobby Charlton of Manchester United and Liverpool icon Phil Neal.
Interestingly, Dowman would also become the youngest Champions League winner in the competition's history should Arsenal be successful. At the age of 16 years and 150 days, he would leapfrog Iker Casillas, the current holder of the record after winning the Champions League with Real Madrid on his 17th birthday in the 1997/98 season.
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