Spurs switch excites hutton

Football.co.uk · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:35 pm

New Tottenham Hotspur defender Alan Hutton admitted the lure of the Premier League finally persuaded him to leave Rangers and head south.

The Scotland international full-back brought to an end a long-running transfer saga when he finally signed for Spurs on Wednesday in a deal which could net the Glasgow club as much as £9million.

Hutton had been expected to join the north London club earlier in the month only to change his mind at the last minute in favour of staying at Ibrox.

However, after Spurs launched a fresh bid at the beginning of this week, the 23-year-old finally decided to sever his ties with his boyhood club.

"What influenced my decision was a lot to do with coming down and meeting the head coach and hearing his plans for the club. That helped me make up my mind," he told the club's official website.

"Leaving Rangers was a decision I had to take time to think about and it was hard for me having grown up supporting the club as well as playing for them for many years.

"It was a hard decision but I think it's the right one overall.

"The Premier League is one of the best in the world and everybody knows that, so I think you have to take the step down here to show people what you've got.

"I think I've got good attributes in terms of getting forward and hopefully I can add them to the team."

Big Jono · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:32 am

I think he has been absolutely outstanding so far, looks at home aleady and seems to be getting right into it.

Some fans from the West Ham game the other day said they were applauding him while he was waiting for a substitution to happen before making a throw in and he turned around and grabbed the badge and gave them a smile and a wink. Legend.

Also just an observation but he looks bloody pacy aswell, cant wait to see what Ramos can do to him once he has a whole preseason to get this team playing the way he likes. (which as far as I can tell involves fast, attacking fullbacks)

yidomatt · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:10 am

That happened right in front of me BJ. We were all singing "Super Alan Hutton". He has settled in nicely, and already has a winners medal to his name. We are still yet to see him properly going forward though. We saw a glimpse on Sunday with his cross to Bent.

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