Ryan Fraser is a self-confessed Manchester United fan but the Town winger admits he is not trying to get too excited ahead of next month’s Capital One Cup third round visit to Old Trafford.
The 21-year-old Scot, on a season-long loan from Bournemouth, completed the scoring in the 4-1 extra-time victory at Doncaster on Tuesday with his third goal of the season to continue his impressive start to life at Portman Road.
Within a few minutes he and his team-mates heard the news that they had been paired with United at the next stage and he admitted: "Everyone’s buzzing about it and looking forward to it.
"I don’t know what team the manager is going to pick — he might go for the young guns again or he’ll play a more experienced side.
"All the guys involved have worked hard to get through to this stage and it’s something to look forward to. But personally I’m not really thinking about it because the league is more important.”
"I’d love to play there but I’m not going to tell the gaffer that. Let’s just wait and see what happens. It will be incredible at Old Trafford with the big crowd and we’re going to take a hell of a lot of fans up there so it will be an unbelievable atmosphere.”
Asked if there were any United fans in the Town camp Fraser added: "Apart from myself I don’t know. I’m a United fan and I’ve been to some big games, like against Liverpool at Old Trafford, so I’ve had my fair share of the experience from a fan’s point of view.
"I’ve watched games there but never played there, so if I get the chance it will be a great experience.
"Where did it come from, my support for United? I suppose I’m just a glory hunter like everyone else! When I was up in Aberdeen me and another young player, Cammy Smith, used to go to a few of the games, the big games, when we could.
"He’s a United fan as well and we actually went down to analyse some games — it was quite easy to get tickets when we were doing that. We had a good night out in Manchester as well so it was a good package.”
But while the Town players are licking their lips in anticipation of the clash at Old Trafford on September 23rd Fraser is adamant the game will not distract them from the four league fixtures they have to fulfil before then.
He insisted: "That won’t be a problem because our main focus is to win promotion to the Premier League.
"We haven’t really spoken about the United tie — all the attention has been on Saturday’s game against Brighton. We’ve prepared for it, we’re focused on it and we’re going into it properly so hopefully we’ll do a good job.”