West Ham and Tottenham have both received a boost in their pursuit of Lazio forward Keita Balde, with the star striker a reported transfer target for both.
So both clubs will be delighted that the 22-year-old took to his official Twitter account to express his frustrations at being left out of his side's Super Cup squad. He wrote:
"The lack of a call-up for the Super Cup Final has profoundly hurt me. It is the first important match of the season, for which I had prepared and was ready for action.
"The decision made by the club, which evidently had nothing to do with purely sporting criteria, puts me in a psychologically uncomfortable position and right now I don't know how to evaluate the consequences of that.