Sidelined at Tottenham while awaiting a probable departure in January, Hugo Lloris is turning to tennis in order to “rediscover the taste for competition”, as Le Figaro indicates.
Hugo Lloris is at a standstill, almost a year after losing the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with the France team against Lionel Messi’s Argentina, after a penalty shootout. brilliant concerning him. The former goalkeeper and captain of the Blues of Didier Deschamps, 36, is put on the shelf at Tottenham while awaiting a possible departure during the winter transfer window in January.
Lloris is training with Spurs but is really not part of coach Ange Postecoglou’s plans. It is the veteran Fraser Forster (35 years old) who is the understudy of Guglielmo Vicario, new number 1 recruited for 19 million euros at Empoli during the summer, and decisive in the team’s good start to the season in the Premier League. League.
Tennis, his first love
The ex-French international therefore deals differently when Son Heung-Min and his teammates are away… “ He is looking to participate in tennis tournaments to rediscover the taste for competition », Confides a close friend of the Niçois to the Figarowhile the native of the Riviera capital was a prodigy with the little yellow ball before devoting himself exclusively to football at the age of 13.
As a reminder, Lloris marked the end of his adventure with Tottenham last spring, after eleven great seasons with the London team, but he refused to join Lazio or Newcastle to inherit replacement status. It was also announced in Saudi Arabia, at PSG, at Real Madrid and even back at OGC Nice. In vain…
“He seeks to participate in tennis tournaments to rediscover the taste for competition”: What becomes of Hugo #Llorisrecord holder for selections with #Blues and plastered to #Tottenham ? @Batdesprez @Le Figaro https://t.co/d4k3eFRDVQ
— Le Figaro Sport (@Sport24Team) November 17, 2023
