Overview

• Thomas Frank excluded Yves Bissouma from the squad traveling to Udine for repeated lateness, ruling him out of Wednesday’s UEFA Super Cup clash with Paris Saint-Germain.
• The manager confirmed the Mali midfielder had arrived late to team duties multiple times and described the decision as a disciplinary consequence.
• Frank called it his first major disciplinary measure since his June appointment and stated he would review further sanctions after returning from Italy.
• Bissouma, a £30 million signing from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022, previously served a suspension last August over a nitrous oxide incident.
• Paris Saint-Germain will be without goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and suspended midfielder João Neves for the UEFA Super Cup at Stadio Friuli.