AVB: Lloris must bide his time to shine at Spurs

Andre Villas-Boas insists Hugo Lloris is happy with life at Tottenham, but has warned the France captain he will have to be patient in his bid to wrestle the starting spot away from Brad Friedel.

Many assumed Lloris would immediately be installed as Tottenham’s first choice following his £8 million (€9.8 million) deadline day move from Lyon, but Villas-Boas said Friedel was still his number one after he put in an outstanding display in the last fixture against Norwich.

Following the draw against the Canaries, Villas-Boas said there was no way he could drop Friedel for tomorrow’s clash against Reading — a comment that did not go down well with Lloris and his national coach, Didier Deschamps.