UEFA Super Cup: Tottenham Hotspur's Yves Bissouma dropped by Thomas Frank for Paris Saint

UEFA Super Cup: Tottenham Hotspur's Yves Bissouma dropped by Thomas Frank for Paris Saint-Germain showdown due to lateness

Published 12/08/2025 at 23:39 GMT+1

Yves Bissouma has been dropped by Thomas Frank ahead of the Dane's first competitive match as manager of Tottenham Hotspur. The defensive midfielder has been late "several times" according to the new boss, who is preparing to face Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup. Wednesday evening's match in Italy will be shown live on TNT Sports and discovery+ with coverage starting from 19:00 UK time.

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Yves Bissouma has been dropped from Tottenham Hotspur’s squad for the UEFA Super Cup because he has been late "several times".

Manager Thomas Frank revealed the disciplinary reason for his absence in his press conference on Tuesday afternoon, the day before the final.

Spurs, winners of the UEFA Europa League, are facing the UEFA Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain in Udine, Italy, live on TNT Sports and discovery+.

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It will be Frank’s first competitive match as Tottenham's manager and it poses an opportunity for the club to win more silverware after ending their 17-year trophy drought back in May.

Defensive midfielder Bissouma, who featured 44 times in all competitions for Tottenham last season, will not play a part, however.

"He’s been late several times and the latest time was just one too many," explained Frank in a press conference.

"With everything, you need to give your players a lot of love, but there also needs to be demands and consequences. This time there was a consequence for that."

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It is the second time the Mali international has been suspended by Spurs for a disciplinary issue.

Former boss Ange Postecoglou left him out of a Premier League game at the start of last season after a video circulating on social media appeared to show him inhaling laughing gas.

Bissouma subsequently apologised, citing a "severe lack of judgement".

He now has a new manager to impress in Thomas Frank, who joined Tottenham this summer following seven years at Brentford.

So far, Bissouma has featured in just one of the Dane’s starting line-ups in pre-season - a friendly game away at Luton Town in July, which finished 0–0. He has come on as a substitute in other fixtures, most recently a 4–0 loss against Bayern Munich.

Spurs will also be without James Maddison for the final. His absence is due to injury though, having damaged his ACL in a pre-season fixture against Newcastle in Hong Kong.

PSG have some key stars missing, too. Midfielder Joao Neves is suspended, while goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been left out of the squad after the French champions snapped up promising 23-year-old stopper Lucas Chevalier from Lille.

UEFA Champions League winner Donnarumma has since confirmed he will be leaving the club. Young midfielder Senny Mayulu is also sidelined due to injury.

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Thomas Frank gave an exclusive interview to TNT Sports ahead of Wednesday night's final, describing PSG as "probably the best team in the world right now".

He added: "The beautiful thing in football [is] if you have two teams that are competing, there’s a good chance that you can compete in one game, and we will definitely be ready for that.

"I am pretty sure that we will be competitive tomorrow night in one game."

Frank also outlined his ambitions for his Tottenham tenure, explaining how he wants to build a side which can be "consistently competitive" across all competitions.

Spurs get their 2025/26 Premier League campaign underway just days after the UEFA Super Cup final.

They face newly promoted Burnley at home in their opening fixture on Saturday, August 16, after champions Liverpool kick-off the new season against Bournemouth at Anfield on Friday night.

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