What’s he said?
Spurs last reached the quarter-finals in 2011, inspired by the brilliant form of Gareth Bale.
With the last-eight draw to be made next week, and with Real Madrid already eliminated, many Spurs fans are dreaming of unlikely glory.
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And Seaman, who played for Arsenal between 1990 and 2003, swears blind that he is supporting the Gunners’ bitter rivals.
Speaking to TalkSport, he said: “No seriously, I swear, I would want them to win.
“If they were in a final against a foreign team I would want Tottenham to beat them, no doubt about that.
“Say Tottenham were playing Bayern Munich, Barcelona, whoever – I would want the English team to win.”
Asked if he also wanted Manchester United to win the tournament in 1999, when they beat Bayern in dramatic circumstances, ex-England stopper Seaman added: “Of course I did, there’s no question about it.
“I played 75 times for my country, I’d want the English team to win. That’s just the way I am.”
Arsenal fans right to be angry
“I would want them to win.” Six words that Arsenal fans will not take too kindly to.
Gunners fans were surely rooting for Dortmund to pull off a miraculous comeback on Tuesday, just as Spurs fans will be hoping Arsenal lose to Rennes in the Europa League this week.
It is all well and good saying that an Englishman should back the English team, but rivalries often transcend nationality.
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Seaman, ultimately, is being a tad naive.
If Spurs do reach the final, which is a long shot anyway, you can bet your bottom dollar 99.9 per cent of Arsenal fans will be hoping they lose. That decimal point appears, amazingly, to be a man who won two league titles and four FA Cups for the Gunners.
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