‘Right decisions!’ - Tottenham star sends clear transfer message to Daniel Levy on Antonio Conte

Tottenham’s captain Hugo Lloris has urged the club’s hierarchy to back Antonio Conte this summer in the transfer window.

Spurs qualified for the Champions League for the first time three years after demolishing Norwich 5-0 at Carrow Road.

The attacking triumvirate of Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski all scored, with the latter two bagging a brace.

And by achieving Champions League football it looks highly likely that both Conte and Spurs talisman Kane will stay at N17 next year.

When asked by reporters if it was important to back the Italian next year, club captain Lloris said Conte and the Spurs board should make the “right decisions” in the summer transfer window.

The World Cup winner said: “I believe he [Conte] knows exactly what he wants and needs.

“I believe there is huge confidence.

“It’s just about making decisions together now.

“I’m a player, we’re going to switch off from the club.

“We still have international duties but now it belongs to the main protagonists to make the right decisions, to prepare for next season as well as we can.

“Then we’ll come back with desire and ambition.”

Lloris praised his teammates, as well as Conte and his coaching staff for achieving the top four finish.

He said: “I think it’s a big achievement. When you look at the season, there’s so many up and downs.

“The credit belongs to the players for never giving up but also to Antonio Conte and his coaching staff.

“It’s a team win and I think it’s going to give the club the positiveness to prepare for next season with the guidance of Antonio Conte.”

If the season had started when Conte became manager in November, Spurs would have finished third behind only Manchester City and Liverpool.

However Lloris wouldn’t be drawn on whether the side could mount a title challenge next season.

He laughed: “Step by step! When you look where we were, six or seven months ago, even three or four months ago, you know.

“With confidence, we can grow up faster.

This end of the season we showed a lot of maturity and calmness, especially in some big moments.

“Now we need to use this feeling, we need to use this moment to become bigger and stronger and come back next season with more ambition.”