After starting in a record 20 World Cup games, a European Championship final and appearing in more international matches than any other man in the history of the French national team, Hugo Lloris entered the new year with little left to play for and nothing to prove.
But he did have one thing left to accomplish. Lloris, a goalkeeper, had spent his entire two-decade career in France and England; a flight from his first club to his last one would take just two hours. So at 37, in the twilight of that career, adventure has become more important than money.