You'd have to think it would need to be a good offer to tempt Lloris away. For a Frenchman living on millions London, and the ability to easily jump onto a train to Paris, must be a pretty decent place to live. I can't remember why but for some reason I was compelled to look at his wife's twitter account (!) and there was tweet after tweet about loving life in London. You would think for his family London would be a pretty perfect place to live. Hugo spent years living in Lyon after all, a charming town which he swapped for London. Surely there are players out there who attach importance to such things.
This got me wondering. With Man Utd's decline and without there any longer being the carrot of working under Whiskey Nose, will the appeal of a transfer to Old Trafford dimish? I certainly think that will be the case for Liverpool. Maybe not for south American players etc who want to make the move to Europe, but for Europeans like Lloris, surely the day to day life aspect - particularly with him being French and London's proximity to Paris - must make us a very attractive option.
If Lloris does move, I'd be so bold as to wager it'll be to another team in a great city, not some dump like Manchester or Liverpool. Imagine being a player and being shown round Saudi Sportswashing Machine or Sunderland
I know some players, especially the younger ones, only ever see the inside of a club so its irrelevant for them; but I just have a hunch that that may not be the case for Lloris. I'm probably totally wrong and he'll have signed for Man Utd on the first day of the window.
It would be a decisive criteria for me - as is it is currently when deciding on what job to take: the day to day living in Vienna, Munich and (soon to be) Amsterdam improves quality and enjoyment of my life in comparison to time spent in places like Philadelphia, Hannover and Linz.