Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has been dominated out for the remainder of the season attributable to a thigh damage.
The 36-year-old suffered the issue in the course of the first half of Tottenham’s 6-1 thrashing at Newcastle on April 23.
The French World Cup winner has not featured since then, and caretaker boss Ryan Mason on Friday confirmed Tottenham’s captain is sidelined for the rest of the marketing campaign.
“Hugo’s out for the season,” Mason mentioned forward of Saturday’s go to to Crystal Palace.
“We had the results back. Obviously disappointing, but we kind of feared that initially. We did some more tests, and he won’t play for us again this season.”
Lloris has just one yr left on his Tottenham contract and will go away north London within the close-season as his troubled membership withstand a turbulent interval.
Tottenham is 9 factors adrift of the highest 4 with solely 4 video games left.
Mason is its third supervisor this season after the departure of Antonio Conte and the sacking of his interim substitute Cristian Stellini.
“I can’t speak about next season, but what I can say is that Hugo has a very important role for us until the end of the season,” Mason mentioned.
“We need him. We need him to be part of the group, and I’m sure he will be.”
Mason additionally paid tribute to “amazing” Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson, who gave him his solitary England cap in 2015.
“I will obviously always have a soft spot for Roy Hodgson because he gave me my England debut,” he mentioned of the 75-year-old.
“I think the most important thing in football is if you have the fire inside you and if you can influence players, and he’s definitely got that still.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com