The France dressing room falls silent when captain Hugo Lloris addresses Didier Deschamps' team, according to Antoine Griezmann.

Lloris wears the armband for both Tottenham and his national side but has an unassuming presence away from the pitch.

The goalkeeper underpins Tottenham's defensive solidity and has been influential in helping Mauricio Pochettino transform Spurs into one of the Premier League's most compact units.

Affable and well spoken, the 29-year-old is held in high regard at White Hart Lane and does not appear to need to bellow out orders to get the attention of his countrymen.

“Hugo doesn’t speak that much, and keeps to himself more than Patrice Evra, but when he speaks, there’s a silence in the dressing room," Griezmann told L'Equipe.

Lloris was appointed Les Bleus captain in 2012 and is on course to become the most capped goalkeeper in his nation's history.

The Spurs stalwart has a total of 82 senior caps and is closing in on Fabian Barthez's record of 87 ahead of the upcoming World Cup 2018 qualifying fixtures against Bulgaria and the Netherlands.