Mikel Arteta has urged his Arsenal players to use the platform of reaching the Champions League final to go on to bigger and better things in the future. 

Arsenal, fresh from ending their 22-year wait for the Premier League title, face defending champions Paris Saint-Germain for a shot at European glory on Saturday. 

The Gunners are looking to become the fourth English club to win the top-flight and European Cup/Champions League in the same season, along with Liverpool (1976-77, 1983-84), Manchester United (1998-99, 2007-08) and Manchester City (2022-23).

However, Arsenal have played more matches (225) in the Champions League/European Cup without ever winning the trophy, with this just their second appearance in the final, having lost the 2006 final 2-1 to Barcelona. 

Arsenal could become the 25th team to win the competition, but Arteta hopes the experience his players will have at Puskas Arena will be used to fuel further success. 

"No, the ambition is bigger, we have one and we want the second one. That is all we have been talking about," Arteta told reporters.

"There has to be a platform to reach bigger destinations and to aim for more. The team is capable because they have shown that in the last seasons and this competition.

"What we have done this season in the competition, and then I want the players to be so confident that we are going to go and do it."

But Arteta and Arsenal come up against a PSG side who are looking to become only the second team in the Champions League era to successfully defend their crown, after Real Madrid who did so between 2016 and 2018. 

In addition, Luis Enrique's team have scored 44 goals so far in the competition. Only the Barcelona team from 1999-00 (45) have netted more in a single edition. 

This will be Arsenal's 63rd and final game of 2025-26, more than any team from the top five European leagues this season.

It is also the Gunners' most for 46 years, when they played a club-record 70 matches in the 1979-80 campaign, and while Arteta acknowledged the difficulties his team are up against, he believes his players have what it takes to end their season on a high. 

"Not that many, we had a bit more time to go through it, we have more certainty as well for players that could be on the pitch," Arteta said.

"In relation to the context of the game and what could happen tomorrow, we need to be ready.

"In a really similar way, and I think all the process and the journey that has taken us all the way here is remarkable for the team.

"As I said, we earned it in the manner that we have approached the competition, every game, and the contribution and performance that we have from our players, and tomorrow is the last game to go and win it and bring it home."