Hugo Lloris has done this before. For the 10th time of asking, he is assessing Tottenham’s season and working out the chances of success.
When he arrived here, signed in 2012 by Andre Villas Boas, he was a 25-year-old with a growing reputation in France.
Today he is a World Cup winner and recognised as one of the world’s best keepers. He is on his sixth manager in Nuno Espirito Santo, yet still there has been no trophy with Spurs, despite a number of near misses.
Hugo Lloris is lining-up for his tenth season in the Premier League in goal for Tottenham
As well as taking on Manchester City on Sunday, he is captain of a club who have to navigate the politics of their best player wanting to leave, with the opponents coincidentally his club of choice.