Former Tottenham goalkeeper Brad Friedel has been discussing Hugo Lloris' current situation and Guglielmo Vicario's impressive start to his Spurs career
Brad Friedel suspects that Hugo Lloris will see out his Tottenham contract unless he receives an attractive offer where he can be first-choice goalkeeper. Making it clear at the start of June that he saw his future away from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as he wanted a fresh challenge elsewhere, the World Cup winner still remains a Spurs player beyond the end of the Premier League transfer deadline.
"It’s a very interesting situation with Hugo. The only thing I can think is that his options to be number two, where he’d have to uproot his family and move somewhere else and that isn’t appealing," said Friedel in an interview with Sporting Post. "But it’s very strange. He’s a World Cup winner, France’s captain in less than a year and is essentially Spurs’ number five goalkeeper having not been involved in anything so far.
"If he terminates his contract that’ll be up to him. If he does I’m sure there’ll be a payout and I can’t see Spurs asking for a transfer fee at this stage. So if he finds a place that’ll take him as number one then he can consider terminating his contract, otherwise I suspect he’ll see out his contract with Tottenham."
"Vicario has started well," admitted the former United States international. "You can see with his feet he is used to the Italian tempo where you have more time and don’t get closed down. But in the Premier League you do get closed down.
"We saw in the Brentford game, which I went to live, and he looked a little nervy at times. So he’ll need to get used to the pace of the game but hopefully for Tottenham he does settle in and gets to grip with the Premier League."
"I think it’s a really good signing to get Brennan Johnson in. You can see the type of player that Ange wants – energetic, lively, pacey. I think Brennan is an excellent signing.
"There was a plan A and a plan B. Ange said he always knew [Harry] Kane was leaving but he also played him in every game in pre-season, so I suspect keeping Harry was plan A. But if plan B was to get Brennan in as his number one target then that’s fantastic.
"Spurs were in no jeopardy in the Burnley game, which is no easy fixture but they were in full control. They go into the international break full of confidence."