Away on international duty with France, Hugo Lloris has granted a lengthy interview to L’Equipe, and the goalkeeper handled all the questions, some which felt like a trap, very well.
Experienced in these matters, the Tottenham goalkeeper isn’t easy to catch out and isn’t prone to giving negative, headline-driving, answers when speaking to the French media.
L’Equipe asked Lloris: ‘Harry Kane and you, aren’t you tired of carrying a team that never wins anything?’
Easily dealing with that hospital-pass, the France international said: “The important thing is to keep this desire to win! Afterwards, football, we win, we lose, but we have to start by giving ourselves chances to do so, and that’s what we’re doing at the moment. But we are in England, we have monsters ahead of us, with more resources than ours. By doing things smartly, we can get closer.”
The Tottenham player has clearly been impressed with the arrival of Antonio Conte at Spurs, and feels it’s given the club new energy and more hope for the future.
L’Equipe put it to Lloris that the London club is doing ‘much better’ since the Italian took over as manager.
He was then asked whether that means they can aim for bigger things in the near future, to which the player replied: “Before projecting yourself, you have to take everything there is to take from a coach like him. February was a little more difficult but we, inside the team, we feel a progression, a real understanding of the structure he wants to give, and I think that something is happening.
“He brought his passion, which can be extreme, his system, his style of play, and in four months, which is really not much, we feel an evolution. We hope it will lead to a good end to the season. With him, we have a common goal: to surpass ourselves, to relive great moments in the Champions League. He lives football 200%, and there are plenty of things 
to learn from him, and to keep.”
The 35-year-old appears to be very content with his situation at Tottenham, happy with the work Conte is doing, and looking forward to a better future in the Premier League and beyond.
Spurs are currently fifth, three points behind Arsenal, and still have an outside chance of qualifying for the Champions League.
