Premier League - Pav has 'psychological problems'

PA Sport - Thu, 29 Oct 11:43:00 2009

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko's performances on the pitch are being affected by "psychological problems", his agent has claimed.

2009-10 Premier League Tottenham Roman Pavlyuchenko (PA Photos) - 0

The Russia forward failed to impress in the 2-0 Carling Cup win over Everton on Tuesday having been handed a rare start.

Agent Oleg Artemov said in the Sun: "His poor performance recently is not due to a lack of match practice but psychological problems. Of course, not getting into the starting line-up, sitting on the bench is not good for any player."

He added: "But Roman is much more affected by the feeling that the manager doesn't trust him and prefers to use other forwards."

Pavlyuchenko, who was brought to White Hart Lane by former manager Juande Ramos, is competing with Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane and Peter Crouch for a place in the Spurs attack.

And Artemov hinted Pavlyuchenko may have to leave the club in search of more regular first-team football to avoid harming his international chances ahead of next summer's World Cup in South Africa.

He added: "The World Cup is next summer, to waste another half a year on the bench may be very bad for his international career."

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  1. Sell Keane keep Pav.

    COYS!

    From lee, on Fri 30 Oct 10:51AM

  2. Right on #23! Clearly Pav needs a new agent. What a­ moron. His tactics are getting old and he seems to­ think he's leveraging his player's position­ when he is really doing just the opposite. I don't­ think anyone, including Harry, doubts Pav's­ ability. He's got to prove it though. Right now­ he's behind three veteran players who are producing­ for club and country. Certainly he has greater­ technical skill than Crouch but the big man always­ manages to find himself with opportunities in front of­ goal no matter how ugly. Roman's going to get some­ run on Saturday. We'll see...

    From WilsonJet, on Thu 29 Oct 8:28PM

  3. Ohhh,didums

    From NW36HS, on Thu 29 Oct 8:27PM

  4. FUNNY as a striker myself i understand PAV's­ plight,i to played under a manager who belived in me­ and i thrived only to be replaced my another gaffer­ who's tactics i didnt agree with so he pushed­ younger strikers who have a certain click around the­ club as i move by myself and didnt follow there lead i­ knew they where not in the same class as me, in time i­ lost my confidence and stop training. up to today the­ president of the club and most fans tell me they want­ see me play and to come back out and train...i still­ have the desire to play but at my age (35) i have­ nothing to prove, most of the players i train with dont­ even know who clive allen is?
    get my point! good luck­ PAV!!!!!!!

    From mrquality, on Thu 29 Oct 4:20PM

  5. ''but now you have guys like Bentley ad­ Pav­ wasting away when they should be in their­ prime..''

    I'm a Spurs fan but I agree with­ you.

    Anyways, I hope Pav don't go. harry would be­ an idiot to do that. And playing Crouch?? Psshh. I­ think everyone rates Pav higher than Crouch.

    From Alessandraaaa, on Thu 29 Oct 4:10PM
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    No wonder he has "psychological problems!!"­ All spurs players are psychoes!

    From mno2kid, on Thu 29 Oct 3:57PM

  7. probably the high rate of tax he realised he be paying­ ....enough to make anyone sick...

    From stuartxland, on Thu 29 Oct 3:51PM
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    i BET HE MOVES TO ARSENAL and he becomes a world class­ striker.....SPURS..VERY WASTEFUL and lack the quality­ to turn players to world class.

    From Dale, on Thu 29 Oct 3:45PM

  9. Why buy so many players, If Arry wanted to get in­ "his own guys" then he should have sold the­ guys he won't use. Bad management IMO, although the­ squad looks deep, but now you have guys like Bentley ad­ Pav wasting away when they should be in their prime.­ That's Why Arsene is better than Redknapp, and­ that's why Arsenal is alway better than Spurs­ anyday. G4L!

    From Dale, on Thu 29 Oct 3:36PM

  10. any one connected to spurs players and fans have­ mental problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the pikey keane­ must be on the wacky backy if he thinks spurs can­ overtake the gunners dream on !

    From lanesra, on Thu 29 Oct 3:11PM
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    he sux at life

    spuds scum

    From Jayceon Taylor, on Thu 29 Oct 3:08PM

  12. Anyone think Liverpool should try and bring him in for­ a small fee. 8 Million. I know he won't exactly get­ starting and he's not even starting ahead of Robbie­ who didn't start at liverpool. But still he's­ better than Voronin.

    From Shaun, on Thu 29 Oct 3:02PM

  13. i'v heard AC Milan want him?

    From Tom M, on Thu 29 Oct 2:45PM

  14. if tottenham hotspurs pay me, i'll help him­ overcome his problems with my own brand of nlp coaching­ and hemispheric integration :)

    From Fahad, on Thu 29 Oct 2:40PM

  15. Have Russia not to qualify still?

    From Sean, on Thu 29 Oct 2:27PM

  16. post 23 Richie
    well said... i am totally with you

    From Sam, on Thu 29 Oct 2:21PM

  17. If my agent says that and I"m considering a­ mid-season transfer, my agent just found a termination­ notice slipped under his office door when he gets in­ this morning. How much money did he just cost his­ player. Seriously, are all agents this stupid?

    From Maxx92, on Thu 29 Oct 2:12PM

  18. This is a very good player like gio etc. Harry is not­ good at managing players and there was no need buying­ so many players after he took over. If he was a good­ manager he should have turned things around with the­ same squad Ramos had. I wish he leaves spurs and gio­ too and show Harry what they are worth.

    From Richie, on Thu 29 Oct 2:11PM
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    Feel free to find sexy sport babes' pictures @­ Af­­­ roMi ng le @ c- o - m ... You will like­ it...........d

    From Serena, on Thu 29 Oct 1:59PM

  20. So what's Robbie Keanes excuse? He's been­ rubbish lately.

    From markjmack, on Thu 29 Oct 1:27PM
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