Thursday's briefing: PSG beat Spurs on penalties as Rashford hits out at Man Utd
United were later drawn to face League Two Grimsby in the pick of the Carabao Cup second-round ties.
Spurs suffer Super Cup pain at hands of PSG
Tottenham manager Thomas Frank, centre right, watched his new team lose UEFA Super Cup final on penalties (Adam Davy/PA)
Tottenham endured penalty shoot-out pain in Thomas Frank's first match in charge as Paris St Germain overturned a two-goal deficit to claim the UEFA Super Cup.
Set-piece goals from defenders Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero put Spurs on course for another trophy – only three months since Frank's predecessor Ange Postecoglou clinched Europa League glory in May.
But Lee Kang-in pulled a goal back in the 85th minute before PSG substitute Goncalo Ramos headed home in the fourth minute of added time to secure a 2-2 draw and force spot-kicks.
Tottenham were handed the initiative when Vitinha missed the Champions League holders' first penalty, only for Van de Ven and Mathys Tel to fail from 12 yards as PSG triumphed 3-2 in the shoot-out to claim the silverware.
Rashford: Man Utd 'in no man's land'
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Marcus Rashford described Manchester United as being in 'no man's land' as he claimed the transition under manager Ruben Amorim 'has not started yet'.
England forward Rashford last month left his boyhood club for a season-long loan at Barcelona, having finished the 2024-25 campaign with Aston Villa after falling out of favour following Amorim's arrival.
Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, the 27-year-old said: 'People say that we've been in a transition for years but to be in a transition you have to start a transition. The actual transition has not started yet.
'We've had that many different managers, different ideas and different strategies to win that you end up in no man's land.'
No plans for Premier League match abroad – Masters
Premier League chief executive officer Richard Masters (Nick Potts/PA)
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said there are no plans to play a top-flight match abroad.
Italy's Serie A and Spain's LaLiga have unveiled plans to stage league fixtures in Australia and the United States respectively as those competitions seek greater worldwide exposure.
Masters believes the Premier League has gone global by other means since the idea of a 39th match round abroad was first floated in 2008.
'There are billions of people who will be tuning in over the course of the next the next nine months to watch Premier League action, so we've achieved that objective by different means, that necessity has dissipated,' he said.
Mariners to face Man Utd for first time in 77 years
The #CarabaoCup Round Two draw is now complete🔽#EFL
— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) August 13, 2025
Fourth-tier Grimsby were paired with Manchester United in one of the standout clashes of the Carabao Cup second round.
Blundell Park is set to host the six-time winners, who were the last team out of the hat in Wednesday evening's draw, during the week beginning August 25.
United have not lined up against the Lincolnshire club since the 1947-48 season, when they lost 4-3 at home before drawing 1-1 away in the the old First Division.
Promoted Leeds face a trip to Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday and Everton will host League One Mansfield, while there are all-Premier League ties between Bournemouth and Brentford and Wolves and West Ham.
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Hibernian take a 2-0 aggregate lead into the home leg of their Conference League third qualifying round tie with Partizan Belgrade, while Dundee United and Rapid Vienna are level at 2-2 ahead of the meeting at Tannadice.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot and Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola will hold press conferences to preview Friday's Premier League opener at Anfield.
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