Premier League - Pavlyuchenko in training moan

Eurosport - Wed, 24 Sep 17:50:00 2008

Tottenham Hotspur striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has said that he is shocked at the intensity of training at the club, and even admitted that he asked to stop during one weights session.

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The Russia international striker signed for £13.8 million from Spartak Moscow before the transfer deadline.

Due to his ineligibility for the UEFA Cup clash against Wisla Krakow in midweek, Pavlyuchenko spent the week in light training. But when there are no matches, it is a different matter entirely.

"In England they have a different system of training," the 26-year-old told Sovetski-Sport. "Right now the games are on Wednesday, Sunday; Wednesday, Saturday.

"Those who played get to recover, and the rest do light training with the ball. It's not that tough.

"But when there is a week's gap between games, training is serious. I barely survived it when I arrived.

"I looked at my watch and saw that the training session had gone on for exactly two hours! Then, there is another half an hour in the gym. Two and a half hours. Can you imagine that?

"I trained harder than ever before. The weights started to get to me, and I stopped and said to the trainer, 'I can't do this'. That's how they work - I'm shocked. I thought it would be a lot easier."

Meanwhile, Southampton denied that Spurs made an approach for highly-rated young forward Adam Lallana.

"There has been no official approach from Tottenham Hotspur for Adam Lallana," a Saints spokesman told the Southern Daily Echo.

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  1. he'll learn the trade...

    From ~ Yish ~, on Thu 25 Sep 9:32AM

  2. Hes just being honest. It's not like hes not going­ to do the training.

    From Dean O, on Thu 25 Sep 7:54AM

  3. All that training with weights explains how Tottenham­ came to be such a strong team: strong enough to hold­ the other 19 up!

    From Paperboy, on Thu 25 Sep 6:09AM

  4. Anyway, the russians kick england's @#$% even­ though they don't train as hard as the english­ player. bummer!

    From -eddie-, on Thu 25 Sep 5:13AM

  5. i dont give a sh@t about him, but he is not moaning he­ is just stating facts

    From Michael C, on Thu 25 Sep 3:30AM

  6. no pain, no gain, roman.. if u don't like the­ intensity, then, u don't belong to the premier­ league.

    From dila, on Thu 25 Sep 2:42AM

  7. Hey Roman, this is the EPL, the best and most­ competitive Football League in the world.

    From starman_123, on Thu 25 Sep 2:06AM

  8. can anyone leaving comments actually play football

    From ian l, on Thu 25 Sep 1:51AM

  9. @#$%!!

    From a.richmond77, on Thu 25 Sep 1:00AM

  10. paul ,,,, he is a pro and should not have a problem­ with some weights in training, its no excuse as having­ to stop , he should be able to cope easy with this ,­ but it proves that he must have been a lazy player in­ training and was aloud to get away with it, still he­ have no problem carrying his payrol cheque

    From Chris, on Thu 25 Sep 12:30AM

  11. I always thought the Russians were most fit but i guess­ not

    From Andre, on Wed 24 Sep 11:41PM

  12. Most of you are so critical. The man is just surprised­ at how much more he has to train now. Its really just­ an offhand comment and not a moan. The guy is just­ saying its harder than hes used too. Now, he has the­ more difficult task of getting used to everyone­ criticizing him.

    From E, on Wed 24 Sep 11:12PM

  13. it is why he cant play 90 mins..

    From FunkyDiva8, on Wed 24 Sep 7:38PM

  14. what a @#$% he should see the gunners training and man­ u's or maybe have a look at chelsea they work hard­ thats why there the top three 2.5 hours hes havin a­ laugh the the @#$%

    From ANDY, on Wed 24 Sep 7:13PM

  15. Did he live with his mum back home?

    From Richard, on Wed 24 Sep 7:13PM

  16. WHAT?????? How much is this F**** paid for a few hours­ work a day?
    How much is the average wage in Britain­ for 8 hours+ of slavery each day.....and sometimes 6­ days in the week. If he can't hack the pace then he­ should go back to where he came from. There you go,­ just about sums up the British premiership these days.

    From sappercommando25, on Wed 24 Sep 7:07PM

  17. That sounds like what I used to do in high school.­ Maybe less intense field trainging, but still...

    From Jordon Tefft, on Wed 24 Sep 6:49PM

  18. kiky k,

    your a boring cow,

    bugger off

    From mouse, on Wed 24 Sep 6:27PM

  19. Why is he complaining to be honest anyone from Spurs­ shouldn't say anything negative about anything­ seeing as how they are the worst team in the league­ atm....

    From carlos c, on Wed 24 Sep 6:21PM

  20. He should try an 8 hour shift down a coal mine, 2 hours­ training, what a joke

    From yahoocat, on Wed 24 Sep 6:19PM
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