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Arteta sees Arsenal among Europe's elite, but must prove it
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Mikel Arteta said he believes Arsenal belong at Europe's top table, but urged his team to prove their Champions League credentials against Bayer Leverkusen.
Arteta has overseen the Gunners' first knockout stage win in 14 years and their first semifinal appearance in 16 years over the past two seasons.
Arsenal won all eight of their league phase matches and are favourites to progress to the latter stages once more with Leverkusen, Bundesliga champions in 2023-24, currently in sixth place in the table.
Asked if Arsenal had established themselves alongside Europe's best, Arteta said: "I believe so. This is football and you have to show it tomorrow night.
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Competitive balance across Europe’s leagues would be transformed with the adoption of a new model for distributing revenue from the Champions League and other Uefa club competitions, according to a proposal by the Union of European Clubs (UEC).
Clubs competing in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League benefit this season from a bumper €3.317bn (£2.87bn) prize pot, culled from annual €4.4bn revenue primarily generated by media rights sales. Only €308m of the latter figure is divided among clubs who did not reach those competitions, in the form of solidarity payments.
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Injury update on Trossard, Saliba and Calafiori
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Mikel Arteta hopes to be able to call upon the services of Leandro Trossard and Riccardo Calafiori against Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow after they travelled to Germany for our Champions League round of 16 tie.
The duo both came off injured during our FA Cup fifth round success at Mansfield Town on Saturday but were involved during training ahead of our flight to the continent, and the boss will see how they fare in the lead-up to the first leg at the BayArena on Wednesday.
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