The Champions League holders versus the newly-crowned winners of the Premier League — it doesn’t get much bigger than Saturday’s final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in Budapest.From goalkeeper David Raya to Khvicha Kvaratskhelia via midfield stars Declan Rice and Vitinha, right through to the Ballon d’Or holder Ousmane Dembele, there will be plenty of top-tier talent on the pitch at the Puskas Arena.So, who gets into our writers’ combined PSG-Arsenal XIs? We asked a few of them to find out.Nick MillerThere is a real temptation to just say the combined XI is ‘PSG with Raya in goal’. But, aside from that not really entering into the spirit of things, there are good arguments for a little more variety.You could drop Arsenal’s central defence into the team as a pair, but Willian Pacho was so good in the second leg of the semi-final against Bayern Munich that he squeaks into my team ahead of Marquinhos and Gabriel. Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes pick themselves at full-back.It’s also a bold call to break up the passing trio in PSG’s midfield, but it’s worth getting Rice in there for a point of difference and a bit of physicality. Equally, you could just choose the defending champions’ attack, and I feel like I should seek out Desire Doue to personally apologise for leaving him out. But at his best, Bukayo Saka is just as effective, and a left-footer balances the attack out nicely.Carl AnkaIs it wrong to copy Nick’s homework? I ran into the same dilemma at centre-back. Pacho was exemplary in the second leg against Bayern and limited Harry Kane to just five touches in the opposition box, so I’m crowbarring the Ecuador international in.Rice is an 8-out-of-10 in nearly every action English football asks from its midfielders. Vitinha is perhaps the best central midfielder in the middle third. Readers might have grown bored of me saying Joao Neves’ aerial anticipation and ball-winning bear an eerie similarity to peak-level N’Golo Kante, but the 21-year-old is a footballing genius. I would like Portugal coach Roberto Martinez to stop playing him at right-back, though. I hope Neves never signs for Manchester City, or opposition teams are doomed.
PSG vs Arsenal: Who makes it into our writers’ combined Champions League final XIs?
Ousmane Dembele, David Raya, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Declan Rice... there will be plenty of talent on display on Saturday night












