PSG-Tottenham: Unprecedented, bonus, transfer window... Five questions before the European Super Cup

It's already time for Paris Saint-Germain to get back to work. Having won the Champions League for the first time in their history at the end of May , Luis Enrique's men will face Europa League winners Tottenham this Wednesday (9 p.m.) in Udine in the European Super Cup. The match will be broadcast by Canal+ and you can follow it live with commentary on our website .

Virgo. Throughout its history, Paris-SG has often faced English clubs, from Chelsea (9 matches) to Newcastle and Aston Villa (2), via Manchester City (8), Arsenal (7), Liverpool (6) and Manchester United (4). But never Tottenham. This will be a big first. England brought luck to the Parisians last season, notably with the comeback against City (4-2) and the feat at Anfield (0-1) . At least until the 0-3 defeat against the Blues in the Club World Cup final , but that has not always been the case (13 wins, nine draws and 16 defeats). Positive record for Spurs against other French clubs with a total of five wins, three draws and two defeats in ten matches against Lyon (4 matches), Marseille, Nantes and Rennes (2).

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Yes. It would be a first for both PSG and Tottenham. For Spurs, it makes sense, given that the Europa League they won last spring, against United in the final , was their first European trophy. The Parisians will be competing in this European Super Cup for the second time. In 1997, after their 1996 Cup Winners' Cup triumph, they were swept aside by Zinedine Zidane and Didier Deschamps' Juventus (1-6, 1-3). At the time, the competition was a double-header. Remember that OM, relegated to the second division the day after their Champions League victory, were unable to play in the Super Cup.

Both teams will receive €4 million each. The winner will pocket an additional €1 million. It's worth noting that the French capital club has already won just over €145 million from its Champions League campaign and around €100 million from the Club World Cup. The finances are looking good.

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Minimal. After playing in the Club World Cup final on July 13, the Parisians were given a little over three weeks of rest. They returned to training last Wednesday, exactly one week before this European Super Cup. It's hard to be more tight in terms of timing. No friendly match is on the menu for the European champions, who will begin their Ligue 1 campaign on Sunday in Nantes (8:45 p.m.).

The opposite is true for Tottenham. 45 days after what they call " the night of their lives in Bilbao ," the Champions League final against Manchester United, Spurs resumed their training on July 5. They played three warm-up matches in England (2-0 against Reading, 2-2 against Wycombe, and 0-0 against Luton) before heading to Asia. They beat Arsenal (1-0) in Hong Kong and were held to a draw by Newcastle (1-1) in Seoul before losing to Bayern (0-4) at the Allianz Arena last Thursday. This was an opportunity for Tottenham to rediscover a certain Harry Kane, who left to enjoy the Bavarian club's glory days last summer. In short, a normal preparation. The London club will host Burnley on Saturday at home for the first day of the Premier League .

When training resumed last Wednesday, there was only one new face in the Parisian ranks, the young (19-year-old) Italian goalkeeper Renato Marin, hired from Roma. The European champions have since moved up a gear, recruiting French goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier (ex-Lille) and Ukrainian defender Illya Zabarnyi (ex-Bournemouth) for a combined fee of around one hundred million euros. The first two are in the squad at Udine , not the third. Unless there is a departure, it is quite possible that Paris-SG will stop there on the transfer front this summer, even if there has long been talk of a possible offensive reinforcement (Akliouche, Rodrygo...). As for departures, the end of the transfer window will be particularly animated by the saga Gianluigi Donnarumma, sidelined for the European Super Cup and invited to leave.

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Having parted ways with their South Korean legend Heung-min Son , a year after the departure of Harry Kane, Spurs have broken the bank for Ghanaian international winger Mohammed Kudus, poached for more than €60 million from West Ham. After having him on loan, Tottenham also signed French striker Mathys Tel and secured the loan with an option to buy of tough Portuguese defensive midfielder João Palhinha (Bayern). Another well-known face in France, Austrian Kevin Danso, arrived from Lens. Youngsters Luka Vuskovic (18 years old) and Kota Takai (20) have also arrived. On the bench, coach Thomas Frank has taken over from Angelos Postecoglou.