Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov has admitted feeling ’sick’ when he first heard that Tottenham would be facing his old club Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Cup.

Speaking ahead of the clash between the two sides, Berbatov said: “I was sick,”

“If I do score it will be strange but I’m a professional player and it doesn’t matter if they are my friends. Like usual, you raise your hands to show you have scored.

“I was happy that I was there and now I have a lot of other things to do, the game tomorrow and the games in the future with Tottenham.”

“I’m really happy to be back here (In Leverkusen) but I have a job to do - during the 90 minutes there are no friends.”