Andrei Arshavin's agent has denied reports Tottenham are on the verge of signing the Russian.

Spurs boss Juande Ramos is lining up a move for the Euro 2008 star as he looks to bolster his squad following the sale of Robbie Keane to Liverpool, but the club are no closer to agreeing a fee with Zenit St Petersburg, according to Arshavin's agent.

Dennis Lachter confirmed Tottenham have held talks with Zenit and that the player would be interested in a move to North London, but rejected newspaper reports claiming a move is imminent.

But he told skysports.com: "At this point there is some talks with Tottenham, but nothing complete because of the high fee Zenit want for Andrei.

"The gap is huge between the two clubs as Zenit are looking for a lot of money for Andrei.

"Juande Ramos very much wants to sign Andrei as he is his number one target and Daniel Levy is doing everthing to make the deal, but it is difficult to agree a fee with Zenit.

"Ramos has been following Andrei from his time in charge of Sevilla and also from last season's Uefa Cup run when Andrei was the outstanding player in the tournament.

"Andrei has made it known he wants to leave Zenit and the player has made his decision he would like to go to Tottenham.

"He likes the way Tottenham play football and he is a big admirer of Ramos."

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