Birmingham have entered the hunt for want-away striker, Roman Pavlyuchenko. With Carson Yeung taking over, manager Alex McLeish has been promised transfer funds to bolster the Blues’ squad, with a forward top of his wishlist. With Liverpool rejecting offers for Ryan Babel, McLeish has turned his attentions to Pavlyuchenko, who is keen to quit White Hart Lane in...

Spartak Moscow are willing to allow goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa join Spurs in a possible swap deal involving Roman Pavlyuchenko. “We made a formal offer for Pavlyuchenko in the summer,” Spartak sporting director Dmitri Popov said in the Daily Mail. “There was a loan-to-buy offer and a direct offer to buy. But Spurs did not agree and were not happy with...

Croatian ‘keeper Stipe Pletikosa is reportedly in London in order to to seal a january switch to White Hart Lane. Spurs were keen on the Spartak Moscow stopper in the summer, but a knee injury meant Redknapp ended his interest. However, the player and his agent are reported to have flown to London to update Redknapp on his injury in the hope that a deal could be...

Brazilian Welliton is the latest forward to be linked with Tottenham when Roman Pavlyuchenko inevitably leaves the club. Welliton plays for Pavlyuchenko’s former club, Spartak Moscow, who are one of the teams keen on purchasing the Russian. And reports in Russia have claimed that Welliton could be used as a makeweight in a deal to take Pavlyuchenko back to Spartak. Pavlyuchenko...

ROMAN PAVLYUCHENKO wants assurances over his Spurs future when he returns to the club next week. The Russian international has ruled out a return to Spartak Moscow, but Villarreal, Stuttgart, Roma and Besiktas are all said to be keen on the 27-year-old. His agent Oleg Artemov told Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta: ‘Roman will not return to Spartak. ‘Whatever...