"PSG are too good." Rob Green isn't hedging. The former England and West Ham goalkeeper, who has watched this entire Champions League campaign unfold on co-commentary for CBS and Paramount+, isn't reaching for a romantic upset narrative. He's just calling what he's seen.
"Arsenal have been brilliant at beating the mid-table, lower-table teams. They haven't had a perfect run against the big, big teams. These guys, PSG, would beat every Premier League team," Green told GOAL ahead of the final, where he'll be on the call Saturday.
The path to the final matters
Green's assessment of Arsenal's route to the showpiece carries some real weight. The revamped league phase format has reshaped who reaches the latter stages and how — and Arsenal, he argues, may have benefited from a favorable draw. "You wonder, would they have got there if they'd have finished seventh? Because of the draw, the toughest team they played was Atletico Madrid, who didn't perform in 135 minutes of the 180."
That's not a dismissal of what Arsenal have achieved. Getting to a Champions League final is never handed to you. But it does raise a legitimate question about how they'll cope with a PSG side that has been genuinely dominant when they've chosen to be.
PSG stumbled early in the league phase before finding another gear entirely. Green thinks that's a lesson other clubs will take into next season — you can't afford to drift through the early matchweeks and trust yourself to coast back. The competition has teeth now.
What this means if you're betting the final
PSG are already the market favorites, and Green's read only reinforces why. A former goalkeeper who has watched every significant match this season, with no allegiance either way, landing firmly in PSG's corner isn't noise — it's signal. Arsenal's defensive record and tactical discipline give them a structure to hang a result on, but Green's broader point stands: they haven't been properly tested at this level during this run.
"PSG would beat every Premier League team." If Green is right, Arsenal's odds of pulling off the upset deserve a long, hard look before you back them.
