Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has come up against some of the greatest footballers of all-time.
Captain of club and country, Lloris wasn’t included in the France squad this week after suffering a thigh injury.
After achieving glory in Russia, there was a party atmosphere at the Stade de France for their UEFA Nations League clash against Holland.
The 31-year-old stopper did return to France to join the celebrations and offered an injury update on French TV station RMC Sport.
Lloris said: “Do I have a return date? Not yet. We’re working hard to come back strong and as quickly as possible.
“There’s perhaps a chance for this weekend, but we’ll see depending on how things go this week.”
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Spurs face Liverpool on Saturday lunchtime in a massive Premier league encounter.
During his interview on French TV, Lloris was quizzed on the toughest opponent he’s faced.
He’s come up against Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo but pipped for a Spanish legend, Raul who hung up his goalscoring boots in 2015.
“It’s hard to pick one,” said Lloris on RMC Sport, as per Sport Witness.
“A player like Raul, I played him when he was at Real Madrid and Schalke, he always had that quick glance on the goalkeeper, on where he was positioned and he shot depending on that.
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“After that, there’s the Suarezs, the Messis, I don’t need to present them.
“Back in the day, there was also Pauleta at Paris Saint-Germain. I played him a lot when I was at Nice.”
Raul is regarded as one of the best Spanish players of all time and is second – behind Cristiano Ronaldo – on Real Madrid’s all-time top goalscorer list with 323 goals.
Interestingly, Raul never actually managed to score past Lloris.
The French goalkeeper may change his opinion after facing Messi’s Barcelona in the Champions League group stage.