Pav keen on Spurs stay

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is keen to extend his contract with the club.

The Russian forward has been linked with a move away from White Hart Lane with Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe often ahead of the 29-year-old in the pecking order.

However, the players’ agent, Oleg Artemov, insists that the former Spartak Moscow striker is focused on agreeing new terms when the squad arrives back from their pre-season tour of South Africa.

“We haven’t talked about Roman’s future with Tottenham yet. The team is in South Africa at the moment and then we’ll negotiate about his contract extension,” Artemov told Sovetskiy Sport.

“We don’t care about any other offers because Roman wants to stay in London, his heart belongs to Tottenham.”

Pavlyuchenko scored 14 goals in all competitions for the North London outfit last season.