Russian international striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has revealed that he hopes to leave Tottenham in the January transfer window. The striker has made just six appearances so far this season in all competitions and has been frozen out the first team.
He is competing with England forwards Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch and Irish ace Robbie Keane for a place in the starting line-up. Currently boss Harry Redknapp has preferred the other three to the Russian and he is now desperate to leave White Hart Lane for first team football and a possible place at next summers World Cup.
Pavlyuchenko revealed: “I want to leave the club. It is impossible to remain there under the circumstances I find myself in. I have been sitting on the subs’ bench for half a year and as a result lost a place in the starting 11 of the national team.
“And now hopefully we will get to the World Cup – who will rely on a forward who does not play? I want to play and not just warm the bench. Immediately after the games with Slovenia, my agent and I are flying to London for purposeful negotiations and I want to take part in them personally.”
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