Source: Daily_Mail
Tottenham draw is dreamy for Scott Stutter as Young Boys star prepares to face boyhood club
Englishman Scott Sutter was today pinching himself after his Young Boys side were drawn to play his boyhood idols Tottenham in the Champions League play-off round. [LNB]Lifelong Spurs fan Sutter will take on the club he used to cheer on at White Hart Lane for a place in the lucrative group stage. [LNB]The Enfield-born 24-year-old left Britain for his father's native Switzerland aged 16 and has been there ever since. [LNB] Earning his Spurs: Sutter is excited by the prospect of his facing his boyhood club[LNB]Speaking from Bern after watching today's draw, defender Sutter told Sky Sports News: 'It couldn't be better. I'm still kind of shaking from hearing the draw. [LNB]'To be drawn against the team I grew up supporting is a special, special feeling for me.' [LNB]Sutter revealed he had already been inundated with ticket requests for the first leg, which will be played at the Stade de Suisse on August 17/18. [LNB]Eyes on the prize: Young Boys will face Tottenham for a place in the Champions League proper [LNB] 'All my friends are writing to me,' he said. 'I'm going to have to make a list when I go home because I need to order about 200 tickets. [LNB]'Hopefully I'll stay injury-free beforehand so I can play in the stadium where I once was as a supporter.'[LNB]Sutter moved to Switzerland to join Grasshoppers in 2002 after deciding to leave Charlton. [LNB] He explained: 'It was a new sort of adventure for me and helped me grow up a lot quicker, learning a new language - and with the dream and aim to sometime move back to England when I was a bit older.'[LNB]That dream extends to playing for the country of his birth, with Sutter having previously represented Switzerland up to under-21 level. [LNB]He said: 'There came a point when I really had to decide between the Swiss and England, when I turned 21.'[LNB]As well as being a dream draw for Sutter, the Champions League play-off round has worked out perfectly for Spurs, who could not have landed a more favourable tie. [LNB]But Young Boys have already produced one shock, beating Fenerbahce in Istanbul in the previous round. [LNB]Sutter said: 'We play our home games on astroturf; last season, we only lost one game there. 'If we play like we did against Fenerbahce, the chances - especially at home - are good for us.' [LNB] Dream draw for Spurs as Redknapp's men take on Young Boys in play-offSpurs will be top Guns in Europe, says Defoe as star vows to eclipse ArsenalHull complete season-long loan signing of Tottenham's John BostockTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC
