Pavlyuchenko

KingdomYid

Just saw this on Sky Sports website

Roman Pavlyuchenko has claimed that he is set to complete a move to Tottenham Hotspur.

The 26-year-old Russia international striker has been linked with a move to Spurs all summer.

Now it appears that the North London outfit have sealed a deal with his club Spartak Moscow.

Speaking to Uefa's Russian website, Pavlyuchenko confirmed he had not travelled with the rest of the Spartak squad for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League qualifier against Dynamo Kiev as he was finalising the details of his move to Spurs.

"I am back in Moscow and I will not play in Kiev, and I can confirm I am going to Tottenham," he told uefa.ru.

"I am waiting for a Visa and as soon as it is granted, I am ready to go to England and sign."

Pavlyuchenko revealed he was yet to discuss the move with Spurs boss Juande Ramos.

"Juande Ramos, I have not yet met, it seems like he will call me - but I know for sure he is very interested in my services," he continued.

No done deal
Spartak spokesman Eduard Nisenboim has told the Russia media that the deal is not yet signed.

"I would prefer it if the deal was described as very close," said Nisenboim.

"At the moment the papers have not yet been signed - we have only reached a verbal agreement with the England club."

tippspur

Lets hope it's true..

RichMc70

He's been top goalscorer in the Russian League for the last two seasons and a regular for the national side.

I'd be lying if I said I knew more about him but from what I've read I think he'd be a good buy although I'm not counting the chickens just yet. I'll wait until he's signed on the dotted line before I get more excited.

ruiseal

KingdomYid wrote: »

Speaking to Uefa's Russian website, Pavlyuchenko confirmed he had not travelled with the rest of the Spartak squad for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League qualifier against Dynamo Kiev as he was finalising the details of his move to Spurs.

"I am back in Moscow and I will not play in Kiev, and I can confirm I am going to Tottenham," he told uefa.ru.

I wonder if he played in the first leg? If so, would that make him ineligible for Spurs UEFA Cup campaign?

SuprSi

Interesting. Can't say I know much about him but he must be decent enough. Now for Arshavin!

Stedub

i will take more to cheer me up after saturday but definetly a good buy, just read this on reuters. lets hope its true

MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Roman Pavlyuchenko is poised to join Tottenham Hotspur, the Russia striker said on Tuesday.

“I can confirm I’m joining (Spurs),” the Spartak Moscow player told local media. “Right now I’m getting my visa and as soon as it is ready I will fly to England to sign a contract.”

colly_browy

Perhaps Levy and Commolli are eyeing a double swoop for the Russians.

Anyone worried about the fantasy football way we sign players though?
We only seem to be interested in high profile 'buzz' players at top whack as opposed to actually employing a scouting network whereby we can sniff talent out before it hits the big stage and the back page.

SuprSi

colly_browy wrote: »

Perhaps Levy and Commolli are eyeing a double swoop for the Russians.

Anyone worried about the fantasy football way we sign players though?
We only seem to be interested in high profile 'buzz' players at top whack as opposed to actually employing a scouting network whereby we can sniff talent out before it hits the big stage and the back page.

Absolutely - where's our no nonsense, battling midfielder? Doesn't need to be fancy, or a big name, just good. Same with our defensive backup. We're signing all these attacking players, but nothing defensive seems to be coming our way, which is worrying.

rocky25

Hope it's true, we need two strikers up front.

Let hope the midfield can give them good service.

WhiteWashMan

colly_browy wrote: »

Perhaps Levy and Commolli are eyeing a double swoop for the Russians.

Anyone worried about the fantasy football way we sign players though?
We only seem to be interested in high profile 'buzz' players at top whack as opposed to actually employing a scouting network whereby we can sniff talent out before it hits the big stage and the back page.

worked for chelsea

IanCurtis

ruiseal wrote: »

I wonder if he played in the first leg? If so, would that make him ineligible for Spurs UEFA Cup campaign?

He did play in the first leg

http://soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com/match?id=252055&league=UEFA.CHAMPIONS&cc=5739

BERBA

IanCurtis wrote: »

He did play in the first leg

http://soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com/match?id=252055&league=UEFA.CHAMPIONS&cc=5739

His goal ratio is good. Hope he's not another rebrov though!

Hatch99

Have'nt seen much of him to be honest , the Euro's apart, will reserve judgement. Still dont see any central midfielder or centre half being linked with us.

eiduap

I have seen him play against Kiev in the first league. Did not get a kick was shocking was even taken off.this a side Drogheda got 3 goals past.He was club captain but was only giving out to players around him reminded me of Berbs. Think it is a panic buy. Hope not.

SuprSi

Having his medical tomorrow apparently.

therecklessone

eiduap wrote: »

Think it is a panic buy. Hope not.

Been linked with him since the window opened, don't think is a Rasiak-type signing.

IanCurtis

BBC are reporting renewed interest in Arshavin:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7584737.stm

el diablo

not much news on this today. doesn't make a lot of sense to me, spending £14-£15 million on a player that would even be eligible to play in the UEFA Cup.

philon

Can't wait to get Pavlyuchenko in.....what odds on Huntalaar aswell (Daily Mail website today)....I know fantasy football but us Spurs fans are forever optimists !!!

Anyword on when Hutton is back ( to free up DZ to go back into midfield)

Philon

therecklessone

philon wrote: »

what odds on Huntalaar aswell (Daily Mail website today)....I know fantasy football but us Spurs fans are forever optimists !!!

Cose to zero if we're honest.

philon wrote: »

Anyword on when Hutton is back ( to free up DZ to go back into midfield)

Philon

Injury timeframe is 6-7 weeks, not sure when the clock started ticking.

IanCurtis

el diablo wrote: »

not much news on this today. doesn't make a lot of sense to me, spending £14-£15 million on a player that would even be eligible to play in the UEFA Cup.

They're after 4th place. The UEFA Cup's not really worth a sh1te - just ask Zenit Saint Petersburg, Sevilla or CSKA Moscow, the last three winners.

Charlie

Anyone think that £15 million is a bit steep for a player that is largely unproven, particulalry in light of what you sold Defoe for.

therecklessone

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Anyone think that £15 million is a bit steep for a player that is largely unproven, particulalry in light of what you sold Defoe for.

I'm not that concerned Charlie, he scores goals at a rate of 1 in every 2 for Spartak and close to that rate for Russia. T'is a bit higher than I though we'd get him for (around the £12m mark) but if Ramos rates him then I'm happy we're prepared to pay the asking price.

Charlie

therecklessone wrote: »

I'm not that concerned Charlie, he scores goals at a rate of 1 in every 2 for Spartak and close to that rate for Russia. T'is a bit higher than I though we'd get him for (around the £12m mark) but if Ramos rates him then I'm happy we're prepared to pay the asking price.

Fair enough, but Stephane Guivarch and Sergei Rebrov had equally good scoring records before their respective moves to the EPL.

Playing devils advocate; Would you rather take Defoe back for 7; or plum for the pavster at 15.

therecklessone

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Fair enough, but Stephane Guivarch and Sergei Rebrov had equally good scoring records before their respective moves to the EPL.

Playing devils advocate; Would you rather take Defoe back for 7; or plum for the pavster at 15.

Pompey wouldn't sell him for £7m.

Would depend on the formation, Defoe would be fcuked up front on his own. If we were definitely playing 4-4-2 I'd have him back in a heartbeat.

As an aside, I don't buy into the concept of relative values. Defoe going for £7m doesn't make the Russian at £15m a bad buy, just as I don't think Gareth Barry is worth £18m just because United paid £18.9m for Carrick.

Two factors influence the price paid, the selling clubs asking price and the buying clubs willingness to pay.

Charlie

therecklessone wrote: »

Pompey wouldn't sell him for £7m.

Would depend on the formation, Defoe would be fcuked up front on his own. If we were definitely playing 4-4-2 I'd have him back in a heartbeat.

As an aside, I don't buy into the concept of relative values. Defoe going for £7m doesn't make the Russian at £15m a bad buy, just as I don't think Gareth Barry is worth £18m just because United paid £18.9m for Carrick.

Two factors influence the price paid, the selling clubs asking price and the buying clubs willingness to pay.

All fair points.

RichMc70

We buy Robbie Keane for £7m and after a good few years service sell him for £19m. We bought Gazza for £2.3m and sold him for £5.5m to Lazio when his knee was fcuked.

The Bent deal was a bit strange granted but generally we don't get shafted that often and I'd fancy the likes of Nuuuucassel wanna look at their books a bit more carefully than the like of Spurs.

therecklessone

RichMc70 wrote: »

We buy Robbie Keane for £7m and after a good few years service sell him for £19m. We bought Gazza for £2.3m and sold him for £5.5m to Lazio when his knee was fcuked.

The Bent deal was a bit strange granted but generally we don't get shafted that often and I'd fancy the likes of Nuuuucassel wanna look at their books a bit more carefully than the like of Spurs.

In fairness Rich...

Ruel Fox
Andy Sinton
Oyvind Leonhardsen
Ben Thatcher
Chris Perry
Les Ferdinand
etc etc

The 90s were hardly chck full of value for money at WHL.

Charlie

RichMc70 wrote: »

I'd fancy the likes of Nuuuucassel wanna look at their books a bit more carefully than the like of Spurs.

Te Newcastle of yesteryear, yes, but as reckless pointed out, same goes for Spuds.

However, if Newcastle can be accussed of anything at the moment, it is being prudent in the market and signing quality players, not at an over inflated price.

Bentley or Modric for £35 million, or Guthrie and Spiderman for £6 million. I'll let you do the math.

RichMc70

A fair point however, completely different regime in control now days Ronan.

RichMc70

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Te Newcastle of yesteryear, yes, but as reckless pointed out, same goes for Spuds.

However, if Newcastle can be accussed of anything at the moment, it is being prudent in the market and signing quality players, not at an over inflated price.

Bentley or Modric for £35 million, or Guthrie and Spiderman for £6 million. I'll let you do the math.

Sure we'll see how things pan out come of the end of the season. I'm not one for maths but i fancy there will be a good 10 or more points between us come May 2009.

Wendell Gee

Selling Defoe was a mistake in hindsight, but only because of Liverpool getting keane. defoe wanted to go, his body language was not good, and his contract was running down. If Keane hadn't left we wouldn't be missing him. he's a great finisher, and will always score goals. he and Steed are the only two players we have sold we might miss. I don't count carrick, Robbie or Berbatov, as they all left for top four and clubs can't really hold players who are upwardly mobile any more. The key is having all decent players on long term contracts, so if they do want to leave, we get their value.
On the incomings, we really need to be realistic. three years ago, we were amazed to see the purse strings loosened with Arnesen\Santini bringing in a truckload of players. Most of them were far from top class remember this lot included Atouba, Pamarot, Edman, Zeigler, Davis. We did get Robinson, Mendes, Carrick. Now, we are signing a higher grade of player altogether. Hutton, Woodgate, Bale, modric, bentley, and it seems more to come. Ramos is completely revamping the team and squad. I think we won't see his tema in earnest until after Christmas. I expect it to show that we are nearly ready to challenge the top four then This is not blind optimism, it's based on the management, personnel, and age profile of the squad. Once we got rid of BMJ, right or wrong, (and let's be honest, the team looked unfit and leaked goals), we had to accept a new man would wheel, deal, and need time. We judge this group in May.
If we get Corluka, Veloso, and Arshavin, I expect to see more sales either now or at christmas. Zokora and BAE may go. The 18- 19 outfield players will be fit, motivated, and augmented when required by youngsters. loans can be recalled if injuries occur- look how O Hara blossomed on his return in January.
With the power players now have, a young squad may be a bit more stable.
If berbs is going to Manyoo, and Veloso is only a rumour, we should look for Fletcher- he's a good player with a great attitude.
I have a dream
PS, for loyalty and it's eventual rewards, you have to go to Croke Park on Sundays -Ken Mcgrath and Matty Forde are prime examples.

Charlie

RichMc70 wrote: »

I'm not one for maths but i fancy there will be a good 10 or more points between us come May 2009.

I have no doubt of that myself. Sure we're already 4 pts there after only two games.

therecklessone

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Bentley or Modric for £35 million, or Guthrie and Spiderman for £6 million. I'll let you do the math.

Weren't singing that tune when Modric was touring your training ground Charlie...

Charlie

therecklessone wrote: »

Weren't singing that tune when Modric was touring your training ground Charlie...

Certainly wasn't no, but even top blokes like me can make mistakes. And sure I hadn't of even heard of Spiderman at that stage. Someone must have been on a sick day to prevent yous pulling the rug out from under us on that deal.

el diablo

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Te Newcastle of yesteryear, yes, but as reckless pointed out, same goes for Spuds.

However, if Newcastle can be accussed of anything at the moment, it is being prudent in the market and signing quality players, not at an over inflated price.

Bentley or Modric for £35 million, or Guthrie and Spiderman for £6 million. I'll let you do the math.

and who are Spiderman and Guthrie? let's not forget that Modric turned you barcodes down last May. Typical deluded Newcastle fan, they always give me a chuckle. Don't get too excited by your half-decent start. you luckily caught Man U on a bad day.

ziedth

el diablo wrote: »

and who are Spiderman and Guthrie? let's not forget that Modric turned you barcodes down last May. Typical deluded Newcastle fan, they always give me a chuckle. Don't get too excited by your half-decent start. you luckily caught Man U on a bad day.

Ah now in fairness if our greatest achivement was to piss away the title you'd be slightly deluded 2.
:eek:

I personally love them, They make me feel sane when I think i expect 2 much of spurs.

IanCurtis

ziedth wrote: »

Ah now in fairness if our greatest achivement was to piss away the title you'd be slightly deluded 2.
:eek:

I personally love them, They make me feel sane when I think i expect 2 much of spurs.

Yeah me too!

They are a shambles as always, but an entertaining one at that.

Now if the geordie also-rans will excuse us, we've football to play . . .

estebancambias

Pavlyuchenko is an overrated noob. If you got him for 5 million it would be a good signing.

IanCurtis

estebancambias wrote: »

Pavlyuchenko is an overrated noob. If you got him for 5 million it would be a good signing.

Holy Jaysus :rolleyes:

Why feel the need to come in to the Spurs Supporters Club forum to utter that ill-informed shíte

I can only hope he'd a few jars on him....the embarrassment of it

IanCurtis

He's just signed

One-Day-Juande

He'll hardly be available for tomorrow will he?

estebancambias

IanCurtis wrote: »

Holy Jaysus :rolleyes:

Why feel the need to come in to the Spurs Supporters Club forum to utter that ill-informed shíte

I can only hope he'd a few jars on him....the embarrassment of it

What?

The guy is nearly 27, and has no experience in the EPL. He's also being signed on the back of a major tournament which doesn't bode well for Spurs, but then again you like signing players for insane prices on the back of token performance a la Luka Modric.

It is true that Pavlyuchenko had interest from Real Madrid but in the same way McGeady has from Barca.

Roman will be a decent signing, but a only about a 5 million pound profit replacing Keane...quite bad business. Makes Keano's fee seem low.

Spurs could have done better.

Kold

IanCurtis wrote: »

Holy Jaysus :rolleyes:

Why feel the need to come in to the Spurs Supporters Club forum to utter that ill-informed shíte

I can only hope he'd a few jars on him....the embarrassment of it

estebancambias is a troll, not a funny one at that. Pay no heed.

el diablo

IanCurtis wrote: »

Holy Jaysus :rolleyes:

Why feel the need to come in to the Spurs Supporters Club forum to utter that ill-informed shíte

I can only hope he'd a few jars on him....the embarrassment of it

sorry to go off topic but is it you in the youtube video in you signature? It's slightly embarrassing, don't you think?:eek:

estebancambias

Kold wrote: »

estebancambias is a troll, not a funny one at that. Pay no heed.

No, not trolling, just people overrating the guy...Its a downgrade from Robbie Keane, and if Berbatov goes then Spurs will not have anything near the attacking potency of last season.

therecklessone

estebancambias wrote: »

He's also being signed on the back of a major tournament which doesn't bode well for Spurs

I'm gonna take issue with this...

He scored 1 in every 2 league games for Spartak, and a little worse than that on the international front.

He was top scorer in the Russian league in 2006 and 2007.

I don't believe we've signed him based on five games in Euro 08.

estebancambias

His record is amazing in the Russian League, and it is a decent league. I did say that in fairness he has been linked with Real Madrid, but there was never any strong interest.

I personally don't think he is anything close to the standard that Serhiy Rebrov was and he flopped in the EPL. Although Spurs did mess him about.

He could come good for Spurs, but not as good as Keane or Berbatov.

IanCurtis

estebancambias wrote: »

His record is amazing in the Russian League, and it is a decent league. I did say that in fairness he has been linked with Real Madrid, but there was never any strong interest.

I personally don't think he is anything close to the standard that Serhiy Rebrov was and he flopped in the EPL. Although Spurs did mess him about.

He could come good for Spurs, but not as good as Keane or Berbatov.

I think I speak for all members of the Spurs forum when I say go away.

No one wants to hear your opinion on what players Spurs have signed or not signed.
Disclaimer: I may not speak on behalf of this forum...but why is he here?

indough

IanCurtis wrote: »

I think I speak for all members of the Spurs forum when I say f*ck off you weasel-faced arsehole.

No one wants to hear your half-witted opinion on what players Spurs have signed or not signed. You are a tit of the most moronic order. If you want to express your moronic juvenile views, go to your local sex-offender's register get together.

Dickhead.



Row-rising plum-puller posts in the Spurs Supporters Club???

Disclaimer: I may not speak on behalf of this forum...but why is he here?

because he likes the attention trolling brings with it

estebancambias

No, because you're overrating the player......