For the club in the north of London this is the first trophy since 2008 when he won the League Cup.

Tottenham defeated Roma 4-1 and AC Milan 1-0, and lost to Barcelona in penalties on the US tour in July, and ended up in the lead of the table with seven points, as much as Borussia Dortmund and Inter, but with weaker goal-difference. Each team played three games in the preseason, although most of the players who participated in the World Cup (SP) in Russia were on holiday and did not play.The most famous clubs from nine different countries, including the 14 richest in the world by Forbes, included the top six in England, the three Spanish and the giants, then Juventus, Bayern, PSG and others. The matches were played in the period from July 20 to August 11 in the United States (17 matches), in Europe (seven) and in Singapore (three).

The first International Cup of Champions was held in 2013, as a pre-season tour of the United States to the best European clubs. That year, only eight teams played, who played in six US cities. The winners of the five previous releases of the ICS are PSG (twice), Barcelona, ​​Manchester United and Real.

The ICS organizer is the company "Relavant", whose earnings are difficult to count. According to some data, it is about hundreds of millions of dollars. Clubs receive a fee of $ 10 to $ 20 million for the performances, depending on their rating on the football market plus a percentage of the tickets sold, TV rights, etc.

On the beginnings, "Relevant" barely covered the high costs, but then things went for the better for them. Now the stadiums are crowded (on a single match this year there were a record 109,000 spectators), and according to some indicators, the viewing of these matches on TV in the US exceeds the angle of the matches of the English Premier League.

The real man of "Relevant" is American American of Charlie Stylitano, who intends to organize such a tournament in winter, in Miami and Los Angeles, but also to expand the number of clubs with those from South America.

For Mourinho, Stylitano is Mr. Zero Errors. He is responsible for the transformation of the ICS, and therefore the lower-ranked clubs are praying for the performance by offering to play for free, aware of the powerful media promotion.