Goalkeeper
Lloris
is
Les
Bleus’ most-capped
player
and
has
captained
the
team
since
2012.
The
Tottenham
man
skippered
his
country
at
six
major
tournaments,
including
three
World
Cups.
Lloris
was
the
man
between
the
posts
as
France
won
their
second
world
title
in
2018,
having
lost
in
the
final
of
their
home
Euro
2016
two
years
earlier.
With
Lloris
still
in
goal,
France
returned
to
the
World
Cup
final
at
Qatar
2022,
only
to
lose
on
penalties
to
Argentina.
Having
taken
time
to
announce
a
decision
following
that
defeat,
Lloris
confirmed
his
retirement
in
an
interview
with
L’Equipe
on
Monday.
“There
comes
a
time
when
you
have
to
know
how
to
hand
over,” he
said,
before
referencing
deputy
Mike
Maignan.
“I
don’t
want
to
own
[the
position].
I’ve
always
said
and
repeated
that
the
France
team
doesn’t
belong
to
anyone,
and
we
all
have
to
make
sure
that
this
is
the
case,
me
first.
“I
think
that
there
remains
a
team
ready
to
continue,
and
there
is
also
a
goalkeeper
who
is
ready.”
Maignan
appeared
set
to
push
Lloris
for
the
number
one
shirt
in
Qatar,
only
to
join
a
long
list
of
France
stars
who
missed
the
tournament
through
injury.
Lloris
kept
only
a
single
clean
sheet
at
the
finals,
although
that
came
in
the
semi-final
against
Morocco.
He
retires
with
eight
World
Cup
clean
sheets,
behind
only
countryman
Fabien
Barthez
and
Peter
Shilton
(both
10)
since
1966.
“I’d
rather
go
out
at
the
top
than
wait
for
a
decline
or
[face]
too
much
competition,”
Lloris
added.
“There
is
also
a
family
choice;I
feel
the
need
to
spend
more
time
with
my
wife
and
children.”
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