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Player Watch: Hugo Lloris

Neon_Knight_

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I was expecting him to start slowing down, but now I could see him staying at the top of his game for several more seasons.
Plenty of keepers peak in their early 30s (he's 33), so several more seasons wouldn't be unrealistic. Hopefully he'll finally get his hands on a trophy with us in that time.
 

AnotherSpursFan

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Hugo Lloris has been the best goal keeper in the world for a few years now. He just doesnt get a fair coverage compared to hyped keepers like ErrorProne DeGea, NoSavetoMake Allison, wasGoodbeforedefencewentmissing Ederson, and WhotheFis Oblak
 

yankspurs

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I think we’ve gotta give him a new contract. His current one expires soon and he’s such a crucial member of our squad. Club captain and one of the best keepers in Europe. 4 or 5 more years wouldnt be a bad thing. Hope we hear news of a new deal this summer
 

tiger666

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I think we’ve gotta give him a new contract. His current one expires soon and he’s such a crucial member of our squad. Club captain and one of the best keepers in Europe. 4 or 5 more years wouldnt be a bad thing. Hope we hear news of a new deal this summer

No, obviously no. He's 34 soon, he'll be 36 when his contract expires. What's wrong with his current deal? It's not like we have to tie him down long-term.
 

ralvy

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No, obviously no. He's 34 soon, he'll be 36 when his contract expires. What's wrong with his current deal? It's not like we have to tie him down long-term.

What's wrong with that is that he's our captain and, along with Kane, he also has been our best player since Bale and Modric left. He also showed these last few games that not only he isn't declining, but that he also remains a world class GK. So it would be pretty stupid and disrespectful for us to let him enter into the final years of his contract without offering him an improved contract.

A three years extension and a significant pay raise is the minimum DL should be offering him.
 

Saoirse

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What's wrong with that is that he's our captain and, along with Kane, he also has been our best player since Bale and Modric left. He also showed these last few games that not only he isn't declining, but that he also remains a world class GK. So it would be pretty stupid and disrespectful for us to let him enter into the final years of his contract without offering him an improved contract.

A three years extension and a significant pay raise is the minimum DL should be offering him.
Just because he's very, very good right now does not mean he'll still be any use whatsoever when he's 39, especially on big wages. We need to at least wait until next year and see how he does.
 

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What's wrong with that is that he's our captain and, along with Kane, he also has been our best player since Bale and Modric left. He also showed these last few games that not only he isn't declining, but that he also remains a world class GK. So it would be pretty stupid and disrespectful for us to let him enter into the final years of his contract without offering him an improved contract.

A three years extension and a significant pay raise is the minimum DL should be offering him.
Cloud cuckoo-land.

Football clubs are run like businesses. No time for sentiment.

Hugo will go down as a superb GK and reliable club captain. He was the first wave of signings which made you proud to be a fan again after some god-awful years of average mid-table players / signings.

He has been paid handsomely to keep goal, he has done this by and large with great effect.

Talk of a 3 year extention and a pay rise taking him into his very late 30’s is nonsense and makes no sense. Too much football manager me thinks.
 

ralvy

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Cloud cuckoo-land.

Football clubs are run like businesses. No time for sentiment.

Hugo will go down as a superb GK and reliable club captain. He was the first wave of signings which made you proud to be a fan again after some god-awful years of average mid-table players / signings.

He has been paid handsomely to keep goal, he has done this by and large with great effect.

Talk of a 3 year extention and a pay rise taking him into his very late 30’s is nonsense and makes no sense. Too much football manager me thinks.

It's not about sentiments, it's about data. We have seen Goal Keepers such as Buffon and Edwin Van der Saar remaining excellent at their position until such ages, and data available right now suggest that that Hugo Lloris is still an excellent GK, so what makes you think he will suddenly decline when he isn't showing signs of that at the moment?

When those signs become apparent and start pilling up, then I will agree that it will be time to replace him, but right now he absolutely deserves a contract extension.
 

emiley heskey

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If Lloris kept playing this medium to low block line, I could see him lasting till 37/38 at the top of his game in top european league.
 

C0YS

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It's not about sentiments, it's about data. We have seen Goal Keepers such as Buffon and Edwin Van der Saar remaining excellent at their position until such ages, and data available right now suggest that that Hugo Lloris is still an excellent GK, so what makes you think he will suddenly decline when he isn't showing signs of that at the moment?

When those signs become apparent and start pilling up, then I will agree that it will be time to replace him, but right now he absolutely deserves a contract extension.
Look Hugo might still be ace at 40, but it's more than that. To put it simply, no one will pay a big fee for a goalkeeper over 35. There is no real financial motivation in giving him a new contract. He probably will get a new contract, but that will be something that is likely to be talked about next summer not now.
 

tiger666

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What's wrong with that is that he's our captain and, along with Kane, he also has been our best player since Bale and Modric left.

So what? We can wait until his deal is coming to an end at 36 and evaluate the situation then. What's the rush? It doen't make any sense.
 

ralvy

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Look Hugo might still be ace at 40, but it's more than that. To put it simply, no one will pay a big fee for a goalkeeper over 35. There is no real financial motivation in giving him a new contract. He probably will get a new contract, but that will be something that is likely to be talked about next summer not now.

I thought we all had learned from recent seasons how this club should try to avoid letting its top players enter the last year of their contracts. Well, guess I was wrong about that.
 
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Tweddled

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I thought we all had learned from recent seasons how this club should try to avoid letting its top players enter the last year of their contracts. Well, guess I was wrong about that.

I think it's more top players with a load of sell on value that you need to stay on top of. I'm not sure we'd get a load of money for him, and I also don't think a player who's in their mid thirties that's been at the same club for over a decade (when his contract expires) would be as eager to look for a "new challenge" as Eriksen was.

It feels easier to see how he does for a year and assess what happens with a year to go at that age. Firstly because I personally think we should be looking for a backup that can start to challenge him - similarly when we brought Hugo himself in to phase out an ageing Friedel. It means you have great quality and experience as well as good quality with time to bed in and get experience.

Secondly, it's also risky at that age. This time last year I didn't think Jan would be allowed to leave the club, but he suddenly hit a wall and seemed to be done. Granted you need more fitness to play outfield but you never know.

So while I agree you should try to refresh the contracts of your top players, I'm not so sure it's always so cut and dried
 

tiger666

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I thought we all had learned from recent seasons how this club should try to avoid letting its top players enter the last year of their contracts. Well, guess I was wrong about that.

He'll be 36 when his contract expires, we're hardly going to have the likes of Madrid and Barca sniffing round him.
 

ralvy

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I think it's more top players with a load of sell on value that you need to stay on top of. I'm not sure we'd get a load of money for him, and I also don't think a player who's in their mid thirties that's been at the same club for over a decade (when his contract expires) would be as eager to look for a "new challenge" as Eriksen was.

It feels easier to see how he does for a year and assess what happens with a year to go at that age. Firstly because I personally think we should be looking for a backup that can start to challenge him - similarly when we brought Hugo himself in to phase out an ageing Friedel. It means you have great quality and experience as well as good quality with time to bed in and get experience.

Secondly, it's also risky at that age. This time last year I didn't think Jan would be allowed to leave the club, but he suddenly hit a wall and seemed to be done. Granted you need more fitness to play outfield but you never know.

So while I agree you should try to refresh the contracts of your top players, I'm not so sure it's always so cut and dried

Yeah, you raise some good points. There are risks attached to both courses of action, and a club like this one needs to be specially careful with its risk management. Anyway, we will see sooner or later what the three parties involved decide (with that I mean Hugo, Daniel and José).

He'll be 36 when his contract expires, we're hardly going to have the likes of Madrid and Barca sniffing round him.

You're forgetting how PSG signed a Buffon in his 40s two seasons ago. So it's probably not as implausible as you may think it is.
 

C0YS

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Yeah, you raise some good points. There are risks attached to both courses of action, and a club like this one needs to be specially careful with its risk management. Anyway, we will see sooner or later what the three parties involved decide (with that I mean Hugo, Daniel and José).



You're forgetting how PSG signed a Buffon in his 40s two seasons ago. So it's probably not as implausible as you may think it is.
No exactly, he could do a Buffon.

Buffon signed for PSG for free, because Juve thought he was past it and already made succession plans and no longer saw him as a number 1. That's exactly the kind of move that could happen, but that was a deal that suited all parties.

When players decline, they can decline quite quickly. Goalkeepers are not immune to this. After a certain age players start being given 1 or 2 year contracts. No one pays more than a few mil for players of that age, and that's sort of the point.

If he wants to leave in mid 30s then he should go with our blessing, as he'd of earned it and we would need to plan succession anyway, and we can't really expect much of a transfer fee for a player of that age. Goalkeepers can go on longer, but you still have to play it by ear. Things change quickly, and having a 35 year old on long term contract is not fair for anybody if they start to lose form. It's not fair on the club paying out a lot money to their wages and it's not fair on the player finding it difficult to get a new club, as younger or cheaper options would be available.
 

TPdYID

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It's not about sentiments, it's about data. We have seen Goal Keepers such as Buffon and Edwin Van der Saar remaining excellent at their position until such ages, and data available right now suggest that that Hugo Lloris is still an excellent GK, so what makes you think he will suddenly decline when he isn't showing signs of that at the moment?

When those signs become apparent and start pilling up, then I will agree that it will be time to replace him, but right now he absolutely deserves a contract extension.
Vertonghens “data” wasn’t in gradual decline it was sudden and then free fall.
What makes you think offering HL a new deal which would take him into his late 30’s represents value?

Just because he hasn’t asked to leave doesn’t mean we build a shrine and offer him a life time contract.
 

Locotoro

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Vertonghens “data” wasn’t in gradual decline it was sudden and then free fall.
What makes you think offering HL a new deal which would take him into his late 30’s represents value?

Just because he hasn’t asked to leave doesn’t mean we build a shrine and offer him a life time contract.
There is also "value" in ensuring our first choice goalkeeper doesn't walk away because his contract expires or mentally switches off the way Erikssen seemed to and we end up having to spend £40m plus to replace him of someone of similar quality.
 
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