Tottenham Hotspur found out that they will play Paris Saint-Germain in the Super Cup in August following the Parisians‘ Champions League final triumph over Inter Milan.
PSG were immense in Munich and Tottenham fans watching on would be forgiven for feeling slightly apprehensive ahead of their meeting in two months’ time.
Of course, Spurs fans will also just be delighted to be competing on that stage, one they’ll hope to follow a seriously productive summer in the transfer market.
Although, before a signing is made, Daniel Levy will need to decide Ange Postecoglou’s future.
Postecoglou has asked Levy for more time, but it’s still widely believed that the Spurs boss will be relieved of his duties in due course.
Ange Postecoglou wanted to sign Desire Doue for Tottenham
That being said, things might have worked out very differently for Postecoglou had he managed to sign Desire Doue for Tottenham.
Tottenham wanted Doue from Stade Rennais last summer, before he agreed a move to French champions PSG.
In fact, Postecoglou was personally pushing to sign Doue according to reports, a winger who is now taking Europe by storm.
Djed Spence compared Doue to Neymar recently, a comparison he doubled down on when posting on X after watching the Champions League final.
Doue scored twice in a brilliant 5-0 PSG win and UEFA in turn announce that he had won the Player of the Match award, one that was richly deserved.
Of course, were Doue aware of Spurs’ interest at the time, he’s unlikely to have any regrets — it’s fair to say that his move to PSG is going to plan.
But in terms of Postecoglou, he might be endlessly frustrated that his ambitions weren’t matched behind the scenes, should those reports be true.
Spurs also wanted Randal Kolo Muani from PSG
It’s worth noting that Tottenham were also interested in a PSG player in January too.
Tottenham were in talks to sign Randal Kolo Muani, who instead embarked on a loan move to Juventus in Serie A.
Spurs’ big January addition ended up being Mathys Tel instead, who has shown promise in N17, without seriously disrupting the status quo.
And perhaps these missed opportunities will be a frustration for Postecoglou should he be looking back on his time at Spurs in a month or so.
Levy has been criticised by fans for not showing enough ambition in the transfer market, and perhaps that is a struggle Spurs’ next manager will fail to win as well.
Levy has backed Postecoglou to an extent, but it’s hard to say that Tottenham couldn’t have done more over the past few windows.