PSG to face a Premier League giant in 2026-27 pre-season

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·2 avril 2026

PSG to face a Premier League giant in 2026-27 pre-season

As the final sprint of the 2025-2026 season gets underway this weekend, with the World Cup to be played afterward, preparations for the 2026-2027 campaign are already beginning. The Athletic has also revealed Manchester United’s schedule of pre-season friendlies ahead of the Premier League, which will start on Saturday, August 22. Paris Saint-Germain is on the list, with Ligue 1 starting the same weekend as in England.

“With the 2026 World Cup taking place in North America, where Manchester United regularly goes on more lucrative pre-season tours, the team will instead focus on local travel and train mainly at Carrington. The team is planning round trips to play matches against Wrexham in Helsinki (Finland) on July 18, Rosenborg in Trondheim (Norway) on July 24, Atlético Madrid in Stockholm (Sweden) on August 1, Paris Saint-Germain in Gothenburg (Sweden) on August 8, Leeds United at Croke Park (Dublin, Ireland) on August 12, and AC Milan in Wroclaw (Poland) on August 15. Manchester United had attracted interest from Asian clubs to organize friendlies in Asia, but ultimately seems to have turned down that proposal.”

It is hard to imagine the sports outlet being this precise by chance, so these matches are probably already set. It is a strong schedule for Manchester United, and we now know PSG will have at least one high-profile opponent. We will have to wait to learn the rest of the schedule, during which the team will need to adapt to the staggered returns of players depending on how far they go at the World Cup. At least this time the Parisians will have time to prepare.