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"I've already had two people onto me," the Essex-born midfielder says of the inevitable scramble for tickets given "everyone I know supports West Ham".
"I had one person text me yesterday about it. The phone could get put on airplane mode for a few weeks."
It is a football fan's divine right to dream and, lord knows, that for West Ham supporters there has been a lot. more fading and dying than realising among hopes for this season so far.
Those fretting from the moment the group-stage draw was made about running out of annual leave or which cousin's wedding might clash with the final looked presumptuous.
And yet, suddenly, almost by stealth, West Ham are within sight of European glory, a target now too attainable to belong only to the realms of fan fantasy.
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