Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris expects to quit club before retirement

Peak | Captain Hugo Lloris was in fine form against West Ham on Saturday
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Dan Kilpatrick @Dan_KP23 October 2018

Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris has said he does not expect to finish his career at the club.

Lloris will have spent a decade at Spurs if he sees out his contract until 2022 and conventional wisdom suggests the goalkeeper, who turns 32 in December, is only just entering his prime. Asked if Spurs would be his last club, Lloris said: “I don’t think so.”

The France captain has signed two long-term contracts since Mauricio Pochettino’s appointment as Spurs manager in summer 2014 and he has previously described the Argentine as the best coach in the world. At that time, he said: “My future is tied to Mauricio’s. That is certain.”

Pochettino signed a new five-year contract in the summer but has been linked with Manchester United and Real Madrid.

Lloris, who captained his country to World Cup glory in July, joined Spurs from Lyon in 2012 and he has previously been linked with a return to Ligue 1.

He has ruled out joining Monaco because of their rivalry with his boyhood club, Nice, claiming he feels “like a Nice citizen” and the city is part of his DNA.

In a question-and-answer session with French broadcaster Telefoot, Lloris also confirmed that he had not had any offers to leave Spurs following the World Cup.

Pochettino’s side face PSV Eindhoven in a must-win Champions League game here at the Philips Stadium on Wednesday, having lost their opening two group games to Inter Milan and Barcelona.

Spurs were due to travel this afternoon without injured defenders Danny Rose and Jan Vertonghen and midfielder Dele Alli, who is hoping to return to fitness in time for Monday’s game against Manchester City at Wembley.

Pochettino is expected to recall midfielders Christian Eriksen and Mousa Dembele, who made late cameos in the 1-0 win at West Ham following injuries, and risk Saturday’s match-winner Erik Lamela, who has said he is no longer able to train at 100 per cent every day following a 13-month layoff with chronic hip problem, which ended last year.

Meanwhile, Tottenham supporters will be required to collect their tickets in person before being permitted to enter the stadium, as a result of security advice received from both the Metropolitan Police and the Dutch authorities, following disturbances when Spurs last faced PSV in a UEFA Cup tie in March 2008.

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