Eberechi Eze stood next to the Premier League trophy at the Eze Foundation Invitational in south London and publicly backed Arsenal to beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final on Saturday in Budapest.
That endorsement — and a photograph of Eze alongside the trophy — is why searches for eze have spiked: his comments arrive on the eve of a single match that could give Arsenal a first-ever European crown and follow the club's return to domestic glory this season. Eze has been visible in the build-up, including in training reports from Hungary ( and previews that call his presence potentially influential (
Eze put the case simply and without hedging. "We are just another group of people that have the opportunity to win the Champions League and I pray that we take it," he said, adding that if Arsenal do lift the trophy "it will be a special moment for sure." He also reflected on the Premier League title, saying "It's special to be a Premier League champion" and that he is "grateful to God to even have the opportunity to play in such competitions, to run that race."
The comments came as Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard joined the same pre-match conversation, underlining the collective belief inside the squad. Saka reminded listeners of the club's history: "We know the history of the club and we know that tomorrow we can write history as players winning it for the first time." Odegaard added that last season's Premier League success "has only added to the team's ambition" and called the potential achievement "something special that we can achieve that has not been done before." Those voices, alongside Eze's, are meant to turn expectation into intent.
The challenge behind the optimism is stark. Arsenal have already been crowned Premier League champions for the first time in more than two decades, yet the club has never won the Champions League and has reached the final only once before — a defeat to Barcelona in 2006. Saturday's match at the Puskas Arena in Budapest against PSG therefore carries two things at once: the promise of adding a European title to a rare domestic triumph, and the pressure of settling a long-standing gap in the club's trophy cabinet during a single game.
Eze framed the moment as an opportunity rather than a burden, but opportunity and history do not guarantee results. Arsenal could become champions of Europe for the first time in their 140-year history if they beat PSG; they will have to carry the momentum from the Premier League through 90 minutes — and possibly more — against a side made to order for knockout theatre.
What happens next is unambiguous: Arsenal and PSG meet at the Puskas Arena on Saturday, and the answer to whether Premier League momentum can be converted into Europe's top prize will be decided on the pitch. Eze's prayer that Arsenal "take it" turns the season's narrative into a single, consequential question: can this group, buoyed by domestic success and backed publicly by players like Eze, finally write a new line in the club's history at Budapest's Puskas Arena?
