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Gary Lineker has explained why Arsenal losing the Champions League final was \u201cpositive for football\u201d, while Mikel Arteta has been told to make three signings.<\/p>\n
Arsenal<\/strong> are reeling from losing the Champions League final, having been beaten 4-3 on penalties by Paris Saint-Germain after drawing 1-1 after extra time.<\/p>\n The Premier League giants defended valiantly to keep PSG at bay after Kai Havertz broke the deadlock in the opening ten minutes, but Ousmane Dembele equalised from the penalty spot with around minutes of normal time remaining.<\/p>\n Mikel Arteta<\/strong>\u2018s side relied on their superb defence to get so far in the Champions League, but Lineker has argued that three teams have better players and the loss in the fianl was \u201cpositive for football\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was obviously disappointing for Arsenal but I do think the best team in the tournament has won again,\u201d Lineker said on The Rest is Football podcast.<\/p>\n READ: Mikel Arteta admission tells you Arsenal will only get more sh*thouse<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLooking at the game as a fan with no skin in the game, I think Arsenal had to play that way because they wouldn\u2019t have beaten PSG any other way, but at the same time I think football won.<\/p>\n \u201cI know there are all different sort of ways to play and there\u2019s nothing wrong with playing defensively. But at the same time football is entertainment and you want to see teams that are really positive, creative and have the best players and play wonderful football.<\/p>\n \u201cI think this season those three teams have been PSG, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.<\/p>\n \u201cArsenal are brilliant defensively and PSG didn\u2019t create much because they\u2019re so organised but I think as a neutral it was a positive result for football.<\/p>\n \u201cI think in terms of how football should be played, the best team won.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: 16 Conclusions from Arsenal losing the Champions League final: Arteta, Saka, Odegaard, Gabriel<\/strong><\/p>\n To move to the next level, Lineker\u2019s co-host, Micah Richards, explained why he thinks Arsenal need to make three signings this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they need another striker,\u201d Richards added on Arsenal\u2019s summer transfer business.<\/p>\n \u201cKai Havertz is outstanding in terms of technical ability and Viktor Gyokeres has done well in his first season. But if they could get someone like Julian Alvarez, that would just give Arsenal something different.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best strikers in world football going into the World Cup and he\u2019s already won one of those with Argentina.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Keown tells Arteta to replace two Arsenal stars after Champions League loss to PSG<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think they also need another left-winger and another centre midfielder. Bringing in (Christian) Norgaard has worked to a certain degree in terms of his temperament and Myles Lewis-Skelly has shown he can definitely do a job in there.<\/p>\n \u201cBut to get the best out of someone like (Martin) Zubimendi you need to be a little bit higher so he can get on the ball and dictate the game from there.<\/p>\n \u201cSo maybe they can get someone else in the midfield alongside Rice who is more box to box, more energetic and aggressive.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they get that, a new striker and another winger they can compete for the next two, three, four years now \u2013 that\u2019s how good I think they can be.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\nMicah Richards tells Arsenal to make three summer signings\u2026<\/h2>\n