Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou admits Hugo Lloris would've wanted to leave in a better way.

Lloris is now negotiating with interested clubs after being left in London as Spurs kickoff their preseason tour in Perth, Australia.

Postecoglou said today: "Yeah I had a good chat with Hugo. He's been an outstanding servant for this football club for quite a long time. Captain of the club, and has left an indelible mark on Tottenham Hotspur football club. I had a chat with him and he felt that he's hoping for a move somewhere else so he can play and begin the next phase of his career. I had a good chat with and left it up to him whether he wanted to come along because I think he deserves that respect to garner the direction of his own future. Because of his standing.

"I've only had two or three chats with him but even in training I can see he's not only an outstanding goalkeeper but an outstanding human being. From my perspective we had an open discussion and he just felt that with a move imminent it would be better for him that rather than bringing him halfway around the world he stays at the training ground and works there and prepares for his next opportunity.

"It doesn't diminish what he's contributed to the football club. It's the hardest thing for a footballer that you can't write your endings.

"It's probably not the way he wanted to end his time at Tottenham with everything that he's contributed, but at the same time I don't think it needs to be anything other than a positive outcome in that he leaves as someone who's made a mark at a very big football club, and I guess for all players that's what they're looking for."