Following his rejection of many offers to serve as various teams’ number two goalkeeper, journalist Ben Jacobs claimed that Hugo Lloris is “a little torn” about his future.
Lloris himself acknowledged that he had turned down a deadline-day move to his childhood club, Nice, because the offer came too late in the window after the European market closed a little more than a week ago (Nice Matin).
Following that, The Evening Standard reported last week that Spurs’ decision-makers were perplexed by the Frenchman’s rejection of offers from Nice, Newcastle United, Lazio, and other Saudi clubs despite his expressed desire to go.
The 36-year-old made it clear that he didn’t want to be an understudy at the North London club or anywhere else, according to The Athletic, who revealed a few of days ago that Spurs were happy for their former captain to stay and provide his experience to the new number one earlier in the summer else.
Lloris is welcome to stay at the club through January if he chooses, according to Jacobs, who has now disclosed that Spurs are in no way pressuring him to go.
Hugo Lloris is unsure of his future plans outside of Spurs.
According to the journalist, “Tottenham won’t stand in Lloris’ way if he wants to stay at Spurs and wait until January to play. So, Lloris is not being forced out of the club by Tottenham.
Tottenham is deciding where he really wants to go while waiting and being patient. Saudi Arabia has drawn considerable interest, but Lloris hasn’t taken the bait. Newcastle was considering Lloris, but they would not have had the resources to give him any playing time.
Therefore, I believe that Lloris has been a little torn since he is beginning to understand that, despite his constant presence and importance to the Spurs project, he may not get game time wherever he goes next.
“Tottenham also won’t come with game time, and if he wants minutes, he might have to transfer to a less desirable location or level. That’s why I believe it has been so challenging.
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Lloris probably would have been content to serve as Tottenham’s backup goalkeeper for one more season before leaving for free the following summer if he had known earlier in the summer that he would not receive many solid offers.
Perhaps the 36-year-old was anticipating a few good proposals from France, but they did not appear until very late in the window.
