Pavlyuchenko set to leave Spurs

December 1, 2009

Roman Pavlyuchenko’s agent is trying to engineer a move to AS Roma for his player which is expected to take form shortly.

The Russian striker has started only two games for Tottenham Hotspur this season, in the League Cup, but instead of leading the attack at White Hart lane, Pavlyuchenko is preparing for talks with Roma.

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has been linked with a move for the striker as he tries to find a partner for Fernando Torres up front and Birmingham City and Spartak Moscow have also been linked but the striker’s agent Oliver Wendt is hoping to fix up a move with Roma this week.

“Roman wants to leave London and he wants to go to Roma. If Tottenham allow him to go, Roman could be a Roma player,” Wendt said.

“Everything depends on the meeting we will have today or tomorrow with Roma. I had contact with the Roma directors last week too and they showed they were interested.”

Pavlyuchenko has been fourth choice striker for Tottenham this season, with Harry Redknapp preferring Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch and Jermaine Defoe to the Russian.

Tottenham Hotspur next face Manchester United in their League Cup quarter-final on Tuesday night.

Anurada Bhat