Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris has vowed to give boss Jose Mourinho his all in helping deliver a top-four finish in the Premier League this season.
Lloris made his return to the Spurs side in Wednesday night's 2-1 win over Norwich following a three-month injury absence and life could not be more different since his last appearance.
When the Frenchman suffered a dislocated elbow at Brighton in October, Mauricio Pochettino was still in charge and expected to lead the rebuild at the club.
But fast-forward to January and Mourinho has been in the job for two months and Spurs are still in the race for a Champions League qualification place.
Lloris, who Mourinho said would be out until early February, was a staunch ally of Pochettino, and praised the job the Argentinian did, but is now fully committed to Mourinho.
"Like all my team-mates, I have such a deep respect for what Mauricio Pochettino has done for the club and his staff," he said.
"He's one of the best managers in the world and we wish him all the best. He's a fantastic man and hopefully we'll see him soon in a new club.
"It's a great opportunity to work under Jose Mourinho, he's one of the best and most successful managers of the last 20 years and as a player it's a great opportunity to work under him.
"I'm the kind of guy who looks forward and I just want to be focused on today and tomorrow and it's not the right moment to talk about that (Pochettino).
"You know how close I am with Mauricio but at the same time I'm involved 100 per cent and I will give my best with Jose Mourinho, like all my team-mates, like we used to do.
"It's the minimum you can give to the manager. In the end, we work all together for the club and we all want the success of the club."
Norwich are also six points off their target – 17th position – and midfielder Lukas Rupp felt his side deserved more from a game in which they dominated the second half.
"It was a good game from us," he told the club's official website. "Of course, we are disappointed, but we had the chances. If we keep on going like that, we will get the points.
"One point is deserved from this game but that's football. Tottenham are a great team but in the end it [the win] wasn't deserved for them."
