Spurs to sign Russian forward

Spartak Moscow have announced that their Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is poised to join Spurs.

“A deal has been agreed between the clubs and the transfer may be concluded by Thursday,” said a club spokesman.

Although the deal has yet to be finalised however fees have been agreed and the player is flying over to London for a medical once he gets a UK Visa.

Talking to the BBC Pavlyuchenko said “Right now I’m getting my visa and as soon as it is ready I will fly to England to sign a contract,”

“Everything has happened very quickly so I could not even say goodbye to my team-mates.”

“I could not decide if I wanted to go to England at first - first yes, then no,”

“The only thing that stopped me from leaving was my family. But now all doubts are behind me and I decided to sign a contract with Tottenham and the formalities are practically settled.”

Does this mean the end of Spurs pursuit of Arshavin? Commentators in the UK are divided on this, some are saying the deal may still happen others saying the Pavlyuchenko deal will end Spurs interest in Arshavin.