Hugo Lloris of Tottenham says trophies are the most important thing in football | Football News

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Hugo Lloris says trophies are "the most important thing" for him

Hugo Lloris reiterated his thirst for winning a trophy with Tottenham after the release of their FA Cup and Carabao this week.

Lloris said Sky sports Winning silverware was "the only thing you'll remember when you retire" from the game, but after being eliminated from the two national cup competitions four days apart, an unlikely comeback in Premier League seems to indicate the most likely course of its success this season.

These title hopes were revived midweek as the victory over Watford, combined with results elsewhere, allowed Tottenham to score seven points from the league leader, Liverpool. If he beat Saturday's game in Newcastle, stayed alive. Sky Sports Premier League from 11.30, this gap would be temporarily reduced to four points.

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Earlier this week, manager Mauricio Pochettino said that a trophy would not allow Tottenham to reach the "next level", but Lloris said: "We are all ambitious, we are all trying to make our best at every workout and every game, but we ran after.The trophies are the most important thing in football, it's the only thing you'll remember when you retire.

"We are reducing the gap every season and getting closer, and the only way to go is to keep trying – winning and losing changes the perception on the outside. [the club]and sometimes inside.

"I think we can see the club's improvement in recent years." Tottenham has a great history in football, but that's not the type of club that's winning every season.

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Highlights while Tottenham cut the gap with Liverpool with a late win against Watford on Wednesday

"If you compare it to bigger institutions like Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Bayern, Juventus, it's a different project."

Prior to this late victory over Watford, no club had a smaller share of their home Premier League points than Tottenham.

Their temporary home in Wembley has already recorded more defeats in 2018/2019 than their previous two seasons combined.

Pochettino has not yet won a trophy in Tottenham since his arrival in 2014

Pochettino recently admitted that the use of the National Stadium had temporarily delayed the club in his quest for trophies and Lloris said he hoped their move to their new White Hart Lane base – which should not have before the month of March at least – will give them a boost.

He said: "Little by little, we are trying to build something powerful and keep it over the years, hopefully the new stadium will give an extra boost, an energy, and we'll see what future will hold us, but progress is considerable.

"Being in the top four, again, is part of our success and the next step will be our new stadium, every club has a project, we have one here and we try to be there.

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