Hugo Lloris has completed a permanent transfer to LAFC, ending a more-than-11-year stay at Tottenham.
The French goalkeeper played 447 times for Spurs after signing from Lyon in 2012, going on to captain the club and play in their run to the Champions League final four years ago.
Tottenham have asked fans to pay their thanks to Lloris and his time at the club at half-time of the upcoming home game against Bournemouth after his exit was announced on Saturday.
Lloris said in a club interview: “This is a personal message to all the Spurs fans. I just wanted to say thank you for all your support since day one.
“It has been a great privilege to be one of yours and one of your captains for many years and it’s the end of the chapter, but you will be always in my hearts. Spurs will always be a special place for me and all my family.
“On behalf of them I would like to say thank you for all memories that we had together, all the emotions we went through and I just want to wish you the best for the next decade because you deserve the best.”
Spurs signed Lloris from Lyon in 2012 and he went on to become a stalwart, taking the captaincy under Mauricio Pochettino and leading the team to two League Cup finals and most notably the Champions League final in 2019 in addition to several top-four finishes.
Lloris, 37, last played for Tottenham during the 6-1 loss at Newcastle in April, where he was replaced at half-time with a thigh injury.
After World Cup-winner Lloris stated his desire to move on in the summer, Lazio and Nice were among the clubs to register an interest, but no transfer occurred and he was replaced as captain by Son Heung-min before the new campaign.
Ange Postecoglou regularly talked up Lloris' professionalism but quickly made summer recruit Guglielmo Vicario his first-choice goalkeeper and selected Fraser Forster as back-up, while academy graduate Brandon Austin has even been named on the bench this term.
Lloris, who guided France to the World Cup final in Qatar last December before he retired from international football after the tournament, leaves Spurs sitting in eighth place in their list of all appearance holders after spending 12 seasons in N17.
LAFC have initially signed him up for the 2024 season, on a contract containing two additional years as options.
“Hugo is arguably the most successful goalkeeper of his generation and a proven winner, we are incredibly excited that Hugo has chosen LAFC for the next phase of his illustrious career,” said LAFC co-president and general manager John Thorrington.
“He brings unprecedented leadership experience at the highest levels of football, which we know will greatly benefit our club in our pursuit of more trophies. I would like to thank Tottenham for their collaboration, and I join all of Los Angeles in extending a warm welcome to Hugo, his wife Marine, and their three children to LAFC.”
