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Roman Pavlyuchenko offered Spartak Moscow return as Russians
refuse to take no for an answer from Spurs
By Ashley Gray
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Roman Pavlyuchenko Photo dailymail.co.uk
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Spartak Moscow are ready to offer Roman Pavlyuchenko a route
out of Tottenham Hotspur.
The Russian club have had an initial bid rejected, but remain hopeful
of re-signing the striker if Spurs are prepared to accept less than the
?13.8million they shelled out after Euro 2008.
The move would pave the way for Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy
to sign on at White Hart Lane.
Spartak boss Valeri Karpin insisted at the weekend he would not pay the
reputed ?15m asking price for Pavlyuchenko, but has now revealed he is
still in negotiations.
'There isn't a specific amount that we are willing to pay,' said Karpin.
'And even if there was I would not announce it in public.
'We already offered a large sum. And, incidentally, in the summer we made
an offer to loan him for a year, but Tottenham did not accept it.'
Spurs have also rejected a loan bid by Zenit St Petersburg, but are willing
to let Pavlyuchenko go for the right price.
Harry Redknapp has admitted his interest in bringing in former Manchester
United striker Van Nistelrooy as a replacement, as first revealed by Sportsmail.
Lokomotiv Moscow are also interested in Pavlyuchenko, though they first
want to sign a midfielder and remain locked in protracted negotians for
Dynamo Kiev's Oleksandr Aliyev and Sporting Lisbon's Marat Izmailov.
Russian clubs are in no mood to rush through deals as their season does
not start till March and the January transfer window is not applicable.
Pavlyuchenko's agent Oleg Artemov held talks with Spurs chairman Daniel
Levy on Tuesday to try to break the impasse.
'I had a telephone conversation with Daniel Levy,' said Artemov. 'However,
the situation with Pavlyuchenko is still not clear. Levy is taking some
time to think.'
Returning to Spartak would be Pavlyuchenko's preferred option and he has
pleaded with Spurs to cash in now or risk seeing his value depreciate
even further.
Dailymail.co.uk,
20th January 2010
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