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Bayer Leverkusen manager, Kasper Hjulmand has picked Arsenal as the best team in Europe at the moment.

The two teams face off in the Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday evening.

Mikel Arteta’s men arrive for the match, having won all their cup fixtures so far this season.

“Arsenal are perhaps the best team in Europe at the moment,” Hjulmand said.

“They finished first in the league phase of the Champions League and won all their games, scored the most goals and conceded the fewest.

“It’s one of the most difficult challenges, but we’re really looking forward to it! We want to enjoy big games like this together with our fans.

“Arsenal are the clear favourites. But we’ve already shown this season against many big teams like Manchester City, [Borussia] Dortmund and [RB] Leipzig that we can beat them. And as we all know, anything is possible in football.

“You just have to believe in it. This belief in yourself is extremely important. That’s why we’re going into the game with confidence, and we’ll give everything at home to get a good result for the second leg.”

UCL: Bayer Leverkusen manager names best team in Europe ahead of Arsenal clash

Liverpool legend, Steven Gerrard, has predicted the Champions League semi-final second leg tie between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.

Recall that PSG defeated Bayern Munich 5-4 in the Champions League semi-final first leg encounter on Tuesday.

Both teams will clash next week in the return leg, and Gerrard believes PSG will punish Bayern at the Allianz Arena and progress to the final.

“But I just think PSG, the chances Real Madrid had [against Bayern], and they were not in a good place as a collective, PSG will go there full of confidence, full of belief, they are full of world-class players.

“I think they will punish Bayern Munich,” Gerrard told TNT Sports.

UCL: They will be punished – Steven Gerrard predicts Bayern Munich vs PSG second leg

Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, has confirmed that he rejected the chance to stay at Napoli after speaking with manager Antonio Conte.

Speaking with Gazzello dello Sport, Osimhen insisted that Conte asked him to stay.

He was addressing reports that had claimed Conte did not want him to remain in Italy.

The 27-year-old said he decided to leave, because he wasn’t happy in Naples anymore.

Osimhen said: “When Conte came in, he called me into his office and said he knew about the situation, but he still wanted me to stay.

“I told him I would like to work with him, but I had already made my decision: I didn’t want to keep playing in a place where I wasn’t happy.”

Osimhen reveals conversation with Conte before leaving Napoli for Galatasaray