Arsenal Secure £122m as Uefa Champions League Final Awaits — Uefa Champions League Final

Arsenal reached the uefa champions league final on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid, sealing the tie 2-1 on aggregate. The run has already taken their UEFA prize money to £122m and put a possible summer sales drive into sharper focus.

Arsenal and Atletico Madrid

The semi-final victory brought £16m in prize money and kept Arsenal on course for a final in Budapest on May 30, where they will face either Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain. A win would add another £10m and give the club its first trophy lift in the competition.

Mikel Arteta’s side have not built this position on restraint. Last summer they spent £267m on eight new signings and brought in only £10m through sales, leaving them with a £257m net spend that was the highest among Premier League clubs.

Summer Sales Plans

That spending pattern is why the club is now planning a more even balance sheet over the coming window. Arsenal are not in a position where they have to sell before they can buy, but sales will still be needed during the market as they manage the next phase of squad building.

Ben White, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli have all been linked with moves, while Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri have also been mentioned as possible sales. Jakub Kiwior’s departure is already moving closer after Porto activated their clause to sign him for £19m.

Jakub Kiwior and Piero Hincapie

That deal would clear the way for Piero Hincapie’s permanent £45m switch from Bayer Leverkusen to be formalised. Arsenal also revealed a pre-tax loss of £1.4m when they published their 2024/25 financial results in February, and the Premier League’s new Squad Cost Ratio rule will cap squad costs at 85 per cent of revenue from next season.

For Arsenal, the final in Budapest is only part of the equation. The trophy is one target; the rest of the summer will be about making the numbers work around it.