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Son Heung-min's teammate Hugo Lloris will play for LAFC next season.
LAFC drew 2-2 against Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada on the 23rd (Korea time) in the Western Conference semifinals of the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS), but lost in a penalty shootout to end the season.
LAFC, which became a huge topic when Son Heung-min was recruited, has to prepare for the next season as it failed to create a successful journey in the playoffs. LAFC is scheduled to change ahead of next season. This is because Steven Cherundolo, who has led LAFC for the past four years, will leave the team.
It was Lloris who was expected to leave with Cherundolo. Lloris wore an LAFC uniform in the January 2024 transfer window. Lloris, who immediately took the main position as soon as he moved to LAFC, showed a strong enough performance this season. There are often ridiculous mistakes that happen, but I don't feel like a goalkeeper looking at the age of invincibility.
Lloris has been signed by LAFC until this season, so there were talks that he might retire after the season. However, Lloris himself said he would play for LAFC next season as well. After the game on the 23rd, Celso Oliveira, a reporter exclusively for LAFC, confirmed his return to next season on his personal SNS. He praised Cherundolo for taking LAFC to the next level as a club and he considers himself a 'part of the project'. He is likely to retire as an LAFC player.
One Football, a sports media outlet, also said that 'Yoris will remain at LAFC until 2026. Now 39, next season could be his last professional career. He has played in 10 of LAFC's last 12 games, making two clean sheets and 20 saves during the last minute of the season. The club have options on his contract, and Lloris said he feels comfortable in LA'
LAFC is expected to invoke a clause that could extend Lloris' contract by one year. If Lloris had any intention of retiring, there would have been a different story, but since Lloris himself said he would play more for LAFC, there is no reason for LAFC not to extend the contract. Amid a leadership vacuum with Cherundolo's departure, Lloris' contract extension is expected to be a big boost for Son Heung-min.
Lloris has become a teammate since Son Heung-min moved to Tottenham in 2015. Lloris, who is considered France's best goalkeeper in the 21st century, was a leading player in Tottenham's heyday along with Son Heung-min as Tottenham's captain. In 2020, there was an unsavory incident in which two players collided inside the stadium, but this incident did not cause problems with the friendship between the two players.
In 2024, Lloris left Tottenham for LAFC for a while, but Son Heung-min moved to LAFC and became a teammate again. Yoris will be with Son next season as well.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
