The 2026 Champions League final is about far more than football, with Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain embodying the celebrity, fashion and soft power increasingly shaping the modern game, writes Miguel Delaney in his latest Inside Football newsletter O ver the last few days, Mikel Arteta has been working on one specific plan to try and solve what is arguably the most difficult challenge in football right now: somehow stopping Paris Saint-Germain running at you. There’s nothing like it in world