Ange Postecoglou, the new Spurs manager, spoke to Hugo Lloris and indicated the reason for his absence from the camp.
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou admits Hugo Lloris didn’t like the way he left the London club. The former French international would have liked to leave in another way.
“Lloris deserves the greatest respect”
Lloris is currently negotiating with his various courtiers after being left behind in London as Spurs begin their pre-season tour in Perth, Australia.
Postecoglou said about him on Monday: “Yes, I had a good discussion with Hugo. He has been an outstanding servant of this football club for a long time. Captain of the club, he left an indelible mark on the Tottenham Hotspur football club. I spoke with him and he told me that he was hoping to transfer somewhere else so he could play and start the next phase of his career. I had a good chat with him and let him decide if he wanted to come because I think he deserves respect for deciding his own future. because of his status.
The Australian manager went on to add that he has nothing to fault Lloris in terms of behaviour: “I’ve only had two or three talks with him, but even in training I can see that he’s not just an exceptional goalkeeper, but also an exceptional human being. From my point of view, we had an open discussion and he simply felt that in the event of an imminent departure, it would be better for him, rather than taking him to the other side of the world, to stay on the ground training, to work on it and to prepare for his next opportunity”.
Lloris will have been untouchable as number one at Tottenham for 13 long years. With 447 games to his name, he is the most capped player in Spurs history.
