Double PSG injury blow hands Arsenal huge Champions League final boost

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·25 May 2026

Double PSG injury blow hands Arsenal huge Champions League final boost

Two key stars are sweating over their fitness ahead of the Budapest showdown

Paris Saint-Germain are sweating over the fitness of two key stars ahead of Saturday's Champions League final.

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The holders face off against Arsenal in Budapest this weekend in the biggest game of the European season.

PSG, fresh from once against being crowned French champions, will take on a Gunners team who last week ended their 22-year wait for a league title as they lifted the Premier League trophy.

It is a clash between, arguably, the two best teams on the continent, but PSG are unlikely to be at full strength at the Puskas Arena.

Achraf Hakimi is a huge doubt to start the finale

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According to French publication L'Equipe, star PSG full-back Achraf Hakimi is not expected to fit to start the final in a huge blow to head coach Luis Enrique's plans.

The right-back has been sidelined since suffering a thigh injury during the Champions League semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich almost a month ago.

Hakimi is not expected to return to training until Wednesday, three days before the final and just two days before the squad are due in Hungary. After four weeks out, Hakimi is a significant doubt to start any game, let alone one of the biggest of his career.

PSG hosted an in-house friendly, which included 20-minute halves, and Hakimi was unable to join.

Another absentee was Ousmane Dembele, who has been sidelined since being replaced during the first half of PSG's recent loss to neighbours Paris FC.

Dembele appears confident he will shake off any niggles to start the final, and all eyes will be on PSG's training session on Tuesday when the squad will next be put through their paces.