Lloris: Spurs must build on Europa League win

Hugo Lloris believes his erstwhile nine Tottenham Hotspur person lifted a value disconnected their shoulders aft winning the Europa League and praised Ange Postecoglou for ending their 17-year hold for silverware.

The 38-year-old goalkeeper departed Spurs successful February 2024 aft making 447 appearances crossed 11 years and is acceptable to commencement for Los Angeles FC successful Monday's FIFA Club World Cup clash against Chelsea.

Lloris, who antecedently captained Tottenham, revealed his delight astatine their 1-0 triumph implicit Manchester United successful Bilbao past period which yet was not capable to person the Spurs hierarchy to support Postecoglou aft their worst-ever Premier League play was confirmed with a 17th-place finish.

"I americium truly pleased," Lloris said of Tottenham's triumph. "I americium truly blessed for the club, for the radical astatine the club, for the players.

"We ran many, galore years aft this trophy and yet they got it and I deliberation they merit it.

"Hopefully it volition marque their shoulders a small spot lighter for the aboriginal and I deliberation it is besides the infinitesimal to physique connected this occurrence for Spurs. Even if I americium not a Spurs player, I inactive travel the news, the squad and the results."

Postecoglou was past week replaced by Thomas Frank arsenic caput manager and erstwhile asked whether the determination amazed him, Lloris said: "No, thing surprises maine successful football. But astatine the aforesaid time, it is hard to accidental thing due to the fact that I americium connected the different side. I don't cognize what happened wrong the nine truthful it truly hard for maine to judge.

"If they made this determination it is due to the fact that they judge determination is different enactment which is amended for the aboriginal of the club.

"What Ange Postecoglou did was conscionable remarkable. He brought this Europa League trophy, helium brought a batch of joyousness to the Spurs community, a batch of pridefulness arsenic good and we each person to beryllium thankful for that.

"I americium not present to sermon astir the prime [of Tottenham's caller caput coach]. He is simply a well-respected coach, He did an astonishing occupation with Brentford. Now, similar each coach, erstwhile you get successful a caller club, determination is simply a caller situation which you person to embrace. But if the nine decided to name him, it is astir apt due to the fact that they determine it is the champion for the future."

Reflecting further connected Tottenham's achievement, Lloris continued: "They had a truly hard season. They had a batch of injuries arsenic good that affected the squad and performances and I deliberation successful the 2nd portion of the season, it looks similar they decided to spell all-in for the Europa League.

"They made it and you conscionable person to congratulate them due to the fact that it is different mode to spell to the Champions League. At the extremity of the day, I don't know, if you decorativeness 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th and if you get a accidental to triumph a trophy connected the different hand, it is conscionable an astonishing achievement.

"I was portion of a truly competitory squad for galore years and the people was to scope the apical 4 but astatine which price? We could not find a mode to triumph a cup, a league cupful oregon adjacent a Europa League cupful but we managed to spell and get the apical 4 for galore years. I don't know, it is each astir the optics of the club."