LUIS ENRIQUE confirmed he could have landed the Tottenham manager’s job before taking over in Paris.
The former Spain coach staged talks with Spurs in 2023, while Arne Slot also turned them down when he was still at Feyenoord.
Eventually, Tottenham offered the position to Ange Postecoglou and Enrique ended up moving to Paris Saint-Germain.
Preparing for Wednesday night’s Uefa Super Cup clash with Spurs, he said: “There were some options in the last six months before I came to Paris and Tottenham was one of them.”
Enrique has proved to be a massive success at PSG as they won the Champions League for the first time last season.
But the 55-year-old believes Spurs will have a huge advantage here in Italy because they have had a full pre-season while PSG have only been back for a week.
He added: “I don’t know what to expect.
“But we have had less than three weeks break and we started training.
“I don’t know what the level will be. I don’t know what we will pull out of the bag.
“I have to say it will be difficult to judge as Spurs recently changed their manager and the players have had some friendlies.
“I don’t know what kind of game they are going to play. This is our first week back but it’s not an excuse.
“It will be difficult to improve on last season as we won practically everything.”
PSG skipper Marquinhos, 31, said: “Tottenham are in a better position. We are not at the top of our fitness levels. Tottenham will give everything.”
Defender Nuno Mendes, 23, said: “We are not as fresh as we’d like to be mentally, we’re all coming back from holiday.”
PSG midfielder Joao Neves, 20, misses the game due to a suspension.
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