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Ben Davies and Guglielmo Vicario - back in his home town of Udine, Italy - spoke to the media on Tuesday afternoon ahead of our UEFA Super Cup clash against PSG at Stadio Friuli, home of Udinese.

Here's what they had to say...

Vic on returning home for the UEFA Super Cup

"Personally, it's an emotional day. As soon as we get closer and closer to kick-off, emotions need to . We need to be focused on what we have to deliver on the pitch. It will be an amazing game and we need be ready to win"

Ben on the loss of Heung-Min Son

"Over the summer, having lost Sonny, who was a big part of the dressing room, a big player on the pitch and we’re going to miss him. Ultimately, the senior guys have to be there to support everyone make sure we allow everyone to stand up and show the player they are and person they are."

Vic on stepping up following the loss of Sonny

"For my team-mates, I'm one of the oldest players in the dressing room so now is the moment to step up and take responsibility. I see a group of lads that are really ready to fight and commit all together, so I don’t want to give them any advice, just to have a good mindset to do everything we can do to achieve. We need to start from tomorrow night. Together, I think we can do great things."

Ben on PSG

It's quite clear we're playing against one of the best teams in world football. It's going tobe a challenge, but as we saw over the summer, they are not unbeatable, not invincible. We have to take confidence from that and put our best foot forward."

Ben on Thomas Frank

"He’s come in and he’s brought a lot of energy. The boys have really enjoyed working under him. He’s put on some really good training sessions, where we've worked on the team's structure and little details we feel we can improve. So far, it has been really exciting. It has only been a few weeks but we hope that can pay dividends tomorrow night."

Vic and Ben on 'kicking on' and trying to win more trophies

Vic: "We set the tone. We want to do it again. We tasted the feeling and we want to taste it again. We have an opportunity tomorrow night. We are here because we earned the right to play against PSG. It's up to us to believe. We can set the tone again if we want to be successful."

Ben: "Once you get that initial feeling, you get the desire and hunger within the group that wants to do it again. We had our time on enjoying the result last season. Everyone’s focus is on the number of competitions we are in and trophies, and that starts tomorrow night."

Vic on changes to his goalkeeping style under Thomas

"Yes, something has changed. I need to be ready to read the situation that is presented in front of me. Sometimes it's build up and short, sometimes it's longer. It's a different approach than what I was used to over the last two season, but what is important is that it is helpful for the team to achieve good results."

Ben on a different approach under Thomas

"I’m not necessarily sure cautious is the right word. We’re definitely going to have a different game plan depending on the opposition this season - that’s starts tomorrow. We feel like we’ve trained and prepared to put our best foot forward and to put the best performance out there to beat PSG. We’ve put the work in, so we hope it pays off."

Dominic Solanke is available for selection as we face PSG in the UEFA Super Cup in Udine, Italy on Wednesday (8pm UK).

The striker has been sidelined with an ankle issue since 26 July and ruled out of our last four pre-season matches against Luton, Arsenal, Newcastle and Bayern Munich, but now returns as we take on last season's Champions League winners at Stadio Friuli, home of Udinese.

Speaking to SPURSPLAY at the stadium ahead of his press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Thomas gave us this update.

"The squad is in a good place, fitness wise, in a very good place, Touch wood, no more injuries in terms of what you fear, soft tissue injuries, and that means we’ve done well. They are fit, they are ready. The good thing is that Dom is back, we're positive about that, and Destiny is getting better, although not ready for the game. Bissouma has stayed at home due to disciplinary reasons, he’s not travelled."

Speaking later at his press conference, Thomas added: "Dom is the positive one, he’s available for selection tomorrow. That’s very good. Destiny is closer, and getting closer to training with the group. Bissouma has not travelled with the group for disciplinary reasons."

As winners of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League, we have the distinction of playing in our first ever UEFA Super Cup against the Champions League winners, Paris Saint-Germain, this week (Wednesday 13 August).

The match comes three days before our 2025/26 Premier League campaign begins with a home match against newly-promoted Burnley.

Here’s everything you need to know about the midweek showpiece...

Where is the UEFA Super Cup taking place?

Our match against PSG will be held at the 25,000-seater Stadio Friuli in Udine, Italy. It’s the home of Udinese – we played the Serie A side at this ground in the UEFA Cup in 2008.

What time does the match start?

Kick-off is at 8pm UK time on Wednesday, which is 9pm local time in Italy.

How can I watch the game?

The UEFA Super Cup will be televised live in the UK on TNT Sports 1.

Overseas broadcast listings can be found on our Spurs on TV web page here.

Our Match Centre here on tottenhamhotspur.com and the Spurs Official app will also bring you full live text and audio commentary throughout the match.

Be sure to follow our live blog for all the build-up in the days and hours leading up to the game.

What are the rules of the UEFA Super Cup?

The match will be played over 90 minutes plus stoppage time.

Should the scores remain level at the final whistle, the winners will be decided by a penalty shootout.

There will be no extra time in this match.

What is the team news?

Our new Head Coach Thomas Frank will conduct a pre-match press conference to update supporters on the status of Dominic Solanke and Destiny Udogie after they both missed out on game time during pre-season.

James Maddison’s ACL injury means he’s now set for a long spell on the sidelines, joining Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin in the treatment room.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has been left out of PSG’s squad, with their new signing from Lille, Lucas Chevalier, expected to feature between the sticks.

Who is the referee?

Portuguese referee João Pinheiro will take charge of this year’s UEFA Super Cup.

His assistants will be Bruno Jesus and Luciano Maia, with Elchin Masiyev as the fourth official.

Tiago Martins will be on VAR duties.

Which kit colours will the teams be wearing?

Paris Saint-Germain will be in their all-dark blue strip, featuring a red stripe down the front of the shirts.

Their goalkeeper will wear green.

We’ll be wearing our new 2025/26 home kit, although we’ll change from navy blue to white shorts – as is traditional in Europe – to make it an all-Lilywhite strip.

Our keeper will be in orange.

What will the weather be like?

It’s set to be a bright, sunny day in Udine on Wednesday. The skies will remain clear as we head into the evening, with temperatures at around 28 degrees when the game kicks off.

Our Women’s first team will take on Sevilla FC Femenino later this week as part of our pre-season performance camp in Spain.

Martin Ho’s side will face the Liga F outfit at the Jesús Navas Stadium – an 8,000-capacity ground which forms part of Sevilla’s training complex – on Friday (15 August), kick-off 7pm UK, 8pm local time.

Tickets are available to supporters, priced at €5, online here.

We are pleased to confirm that the game will be broadcast live on SPURSPLAY, with details on the stream availability to follow in due course.

The match will supplement a week of intense training in Spain, where the squad will continue preparations for the new season.

We are delighted to announce that Mikey Moore has signed a new, long-term contract with the Club.

The attacking midfielder, who turns 18 today, is currently on loan at Rangers for the 2025/26 campaign.

Mikey’s journey at Spurs began when he was seven years of age – he progressed through the Academy age groups and featured regularly for the Under-18s in 2022/23 while still a schoolboy, playing a key role in our Under-17 and Under-18 Premier League Cup double-winning side.

He made his senior competitive debut at the end of the following campaign – featuring against Manchester City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in May, 2024 – before earning his first start against Ferencvaros in the early stages of last season’s successful UEFA Europa League run. Mikey’s first senior competitive goal also arrived in the latter competition, against Elfsborg in January of this year.

He has made 21 first team appearances in all competitions for us to date.

On the international stage, Mikey has represented England up to Under-19 level so far.

It's six days to go until the start of our 2025/26 Premier League campaign and 48 hours until we play in the UEFA Super Cup for the first time against Champions League winners, PSG.

Here's the footballing week ahead...

Wednesday 13 August

Men's First Team

UEFA Super Cup vs PSG, Stadio Friuli, Udinese FC - 8pm UK

Watch on TNT Sports, follow live updates throughout, including our Live Blog, on tottenhamhotspur.com

Women's Under-19s

Friendly vs Billericay, Billericay School - 7.45pm UK

Look out for our match report on tottenhamhotspur.com

Saturday 16 August

Men's First Team

Premier League vs Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - 3pm UK

Listen to BBC London via our Match Centre, follow live updates throughout, including our Live Blog, on tottenhamhotspur.com

Men's Under-18s

Spain Performance Camp 2025 LIVE  Tottenham Hotspur

Our Women’s first team will travel to southern Spain for a pre-season performance camp this week, as part of their ongoing preparations for the 2025/26 Barclays Women’s Super League campaign.

Having been back at Hotspur Way for the last three weeks, with our Euro 2025 stars returning slightly later in July, Martin Ho’s side will now travel to Spain today (Monday 11 August) for a week of intense training.

While in Spain, the team will take on a pre-season friendly, with further details to be confirmed in due course.

The following players will make the trip…

Olga Ahtinen

Zara Bailey

Molly Bartrip

Luana Buhler

Anna Csiki

Araya Dennis

Bethany England

Olivia Holdt

Clare Hunt

Eleanor Heeps

Kit Graham

Charlotte Grant

Lenna Gunning-Williams

Sophie Jackson

Toko Koga

Lize Kop

Ella Morris

Jess Naz

Ashleigh Neville

Amanda Nilden

Maite Oroz

Jhanaie Pierre

Josefine Rybrink

Drew Spence

Eveliina Summanen

Martha Thomas

Matilda Vinberg

Three Academy players – goalkeeper Sophie Jackson, defender Zara Bailey, and forward Jhanaie Pierre – will join the First Team in camp.

Amy James-Turner and Hayley Raso have been granted permission not to travel.

Leyton Orient’s clinical finishing helped them secure a 4-0 win over our Women’s Under-19s on Sunday in our penultimate friendly of pre-season.

In a well-contested friendly at Cheshunt FC as we faced our second outing this summer following the test of Fulham, our senior opposition made the perfect start with a fine finish from Wiktoria Fronc on four minutes before Poppy Binding doubled their advantage just before the half-hour mark.

Fronc added a third just minutes after the restart with a composed finish inside the box and a fourth came on the hour mark through Wiki Kiszkis. We managed to carve out a number of opportunities - Heidi Hills a standout performer for our young side - but lacked that clinical edge in the final third as it was 90 minutes full of learning for Sabiha Jamal’s players.

Into the third game of our pre-season programme, having beaten Birmingham City Under-21s 3-0 in the week, we gave ourselves an uphill battle after just four minutes as a well-struck first-time effort from Fronc found the far top corner to break the deadlock. Cruz Fuller-Fagan saw a low curling effort blocked wide for a corner after a great run down the left as we looked for a response to the early opener but, on 29 minutes, Binding grabbed a second as she drilled low into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

Eloise Summers-Mee curled low from the edge of the box but it was routine for the O’s goalkeeper in our final opportunity of the first period as the home side picked up where they left off just two minutes after the restart, Fronc advancing behind our backline before calmly slotting the ball under Erin Radbourne for her second of the contest. Hills saw a curling effort tipped around the post by the shot stopper and, minutes later, her cut-back into the box, after some fantastic footwork on the left, just evaded Fuller-Fagan at the back-post.

Despite a positive first quarter-of-an-hour in the second period, Orient grabbed their fourth of the afternoon as Kiszkis converted from close range. Hills’ effort from distance was handled well by their keeper before Summers-Mee, from the byline on the left, fizzed a strong ball across the face of the goal but, once again, we were unable to force the ball home. Hills fired over the bar from the six-yard area after connecting to Poppy Neill’s low ball into the box while, in the first minute of stoppage time, Mia Endacott’s curling shot from the right was gathered by keeper.

Mathys Tel gave an honest assessment of Thursday’s heavy defeat to FC Bayern, underlining how “Champions League level” was on display from the German champions.

The hosts scored four times without reply at the Allianz Arena, consigning us to our first defeat of pre-season in what was our last match before we lock horns with Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Super Cup next week.

Young forward Mathys, who joined us from Bayern earlier this year, received a warm welcome on his return to his former home but was all business when he spoke about what we need on the pitch in the aftermath of the defeat.

“It was a good performance from FC Bayern – we knew that this game would be tough, would be difficult, but we need to learn with this performance, work again and switch on for the next game,” he told SPURSPLAY.

“This is Champions League level. We’re going to play in the Champions League so we need to be ready for these games. We’re going to have a lot of games like this (against high-quality opposition) so we need to be ready.”

Despite the disappointing performance in Germany, Mathys underlined how he remains optimistic for the season ahead, and is enjoying working under Thomas Frank.

“Pre-season has been positive for me because we’ve learned a lot,” he said. “We just need to work harder. I’m looking forward because we have a good team, a good club, good fans and I have lot of confidence about this season.

“Working with Thomas is very good – he has a lot of energy, he brings good vibes in the dressing room, on the pitch, off the pitch so I’m very happy to work with him.”

Watch | Mathys discusses Bayern defeat and looks ahead to 2025/26