Russian clubs allowed to
buy players until mid-March
Pavlyuchenko: Could still leave Spurs. Photo:
skysports.com
Roman Pavlyuchenko's agent has declared that he is still
in negotiations with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy.
The Russian striker was linked with a move away from White Hart Lane during
the transfer window after falling down the pecking order under Harry Redknapp
and making it clear that he wanted to leave.
Redknapp was prepared to listen to offers despite rating Pavlyuchenko
as a talented player, but nobody was able to match Spurs' valuation.
Robbie Keane's loan switch to Celtic on deadline day then left Pavlyuchenko
vying for a place in the Tottenham team with Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch
and new signing Eidur Gudjohnsen.
However, the 28-year-old's representative Oleg Artemov remains locked
in talks with Levy and hopes there will be developments this week.
Artemov does not believe Keane's departure will make much of a difference
to Pavlyuchenko, while there is still a possibility he could leave Spurs
before the summer.
Clubs in Russia are allowed to buy players until mid-March and Lokomotiv
Moscow are reported to have made a bid of £9.6million.
"I do not think Keane's move to Celtic changes much in Pavlyuchenko's
destiny with Spurs," Artemov said in the Daily Star.
"We are still in negotiations with Levy. I'm having another meeting
with him in the next couple of days."
