lloris signed for tottenham hotspur on 31 august 2012 for €10 million and €5 million variable. he made his debut for spurs in a uefa europa league match against lazio on 20 september 2012, the result of the match was 0–0. lloris started his first premier league game against aston villa on 7 october 2012, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home victory. after conceding only four goals in six games, he was nominated for the barclays premier league player of the month for december 2012, but lost out to manchester united's robin van persie. lloris ended the 2012–13 season with 25 appearances and 9 clean sheets.