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Gab & Juls Show: Is Donnarumma headed for the Premier League?

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ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens break down Paris Saint-Germain’s Super Cup victory over Tottenham Hotspur and provide an update on the future of Gigio Donnarumma. The guys also discuss Alexander Isak’s latest attempt to force a move from Newcastle United, the potential return of John Textor and whether Robert Lewandowski really turned down €100m a season to play in Saudi Arabia.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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And Gab, he's jewels, blue skies over West London, and blue are still once again over Paris because Paris has your man,

0:41.7

the reigning European champions, have also won the European Super Cup.

0:47.6

But Jules, I'm sure that going two goals down against Tottenham Hotspur was not part of the game plan.

0:56.0

It was not part of the game plan, Gab, you're right.

0:58.4

What was part of the game plan, though, and we expected was the difference in match fitness

1:02.8

between the two teams, which is very obvious considering spurs had been on precedent for six

1:08.4

weeks, had six friendly matches to get ready for the start of their

1:11.7

season when PSG had been training for six days after three and a half weeks of holidays for the

1:17.0

players. So that showed, I think, very quickly. Spurs had a very good game plan. They were sharp,

1:22.5

they were aggressive. They defended really well. They were good on set pieces and they scored

1:26.7

two goals on set pieces when PhDG was sloppy for an hour.

1:29.9

And what's interesting is that PhD won the Champions League last season and the league with a very strong 11.

1:35.5

That was always the same 11 starting games.

1:38.1

And yet they won this Super Cup on Wednesday night with their bench, with the Serbs.

1:41.9

Fabian making a difference when he came on after the hour.

1:44.8

And then Kangin-Lee and Gonzalo Ramos, the two goalscores, who also scored in the penalty

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