Goalkeeper Lloris joined the English Premier League club on a four-year contract last Friday for more than £10 million from Olympique Lyon but may struggle to immediately claim a starting spot with manager Andre Villas-Boas vowing to keep faith with in-form American Brad Friedel.
"I am a professional and I can put all this aside," an unusually uncommunicative Lloris told reporters on Thursday.
"I'm only and entirely focused on France. I've played enough matches in the past to be able to manage this.
"I've heard a lot during the preparation [for France]. I prepared myself for these qualifiers as well as I could with Olympique Lyon," he added ahead of their Group I opener against Finalnd and Tuesday's qualifier at home to Belarus.
"When you transfer it's not written in the contract that you have to play," the Portuguese coach said.
"At the moment, Brad is doing extremely well. He deserves to be playing and he'll continue to do so."
"If he becomes a substitute, then we'll see," he said.
