Hugo Lloris is on target to become one of the all-time greats of French football, says his countryman and Tottenham team-mate Benjamin Stambouli.

Lloris has cemented his reputation as one of the best goalkeepers in Europe since moving to Spurs from Lyon in the summer of 2012 and has been comfortably the club’s best player of an up-and-down season.

Lloris signed a new deal last summer but that is unlikely to prevent top clubs from expressing an interest at the end of the campaign, especially if Tottenham fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League.

Stambouli joined Spurs last summer from Montpellier and knows how highly Lloris, 27, is regarded back home.

“In France, we’ve always had good goalkeepers, people like Jean-Luc Ettori and Fabien Barthez, and Hugo belongs in that company,” Stambouli told Standard Sport. “As a goalkeeper, he is a legend.

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Since Martinez arrived at Goodison Park, Everton have played with only a Plan A: a 4-2-3-1 formation where they keep the ball, get Baines and Seamus Coleman to overload on the wings and have wingers playing from outside to in. Everton had just shy of 60 per cent of possession and Spurs were happy to give it to them, they knew what Everton wanted to do and where to do it. In 18 months in charge of Everton rarely has Martinez deviated from this plan, rarely do they play with two up front, even when they are losing and chasing a point. Martinez showed at Wigan that he is willing to change his game plan, adopting a 3-5-2 that almost kept the Latics in the Premier League, perhaps it is time for some tweaking again. Getty

“Maybe he will not be idolised like Michel Platini or Zinedine Zidane, because they wore the No10 shirt and goalkeepers are not as high profile, but Hugo is a great keeper.”

Lloris is likely to be busy tomorrow night in Tottenham’s toughest fixture of the season so far, against Premier League leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Jose Mourinho’s team have not lost a game in the league this season and have been tipped to emulate Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ of 2003/04 by completing the campaign undefeated.

Chelsea will start strong favourites tomorrow but with Lloris in their team, Tottenham will feel more confident than they would otherwise have done.

Mauricio Pochettino quickly made Lloris one of his vice-captains and, if Younes Kaboul is left out again, the goalkeeper can expect to lead the team against the Blues. It is a familiar role for Lloris, who is also captain of France.

“He is a hero in France,” Stambouli said. “He’s an example for example for everyone, someone who is humble, always calm. We love him in France because we know he is a good person, but when he has something to say to someone, he always will.

“He is an honest person and he is not captain of the national team by accident. They choose him because he is a good guy and he has a very good character.”