Transfer Window creaks into action for Spurs – Latest on Chalme, Flamini, Pav, Ruud and more

After an unusually quiet start to the transfer window for Tottenham, things are finally starting to happen.

The key, as has long been thought, is offloading Roman Pavlyuechnko to free up funds and wage budget.

Zenit St Petersburg, considered one of the front runners for Pav’s signature, have today officially pulled out of the race to sign him after having a loan bid rejected.

And Pav himself has distanced himself from rumours linking him with former club Spartak Moscow’s arch rivals, insisting “I just cannot imagine myself wearing Zenit’s shirt.”.

All is not lost however. Harry Redknapp has refused to deny reports of a recent meeting with Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s agent and confirmed his interest in  signing the Real Madrid striker.

“It’s an interesting one.” said Redknapp.

“Van Nistelrooy is a fantastic player with a proven goalscoring record in England, and if he was available it could be of interest to us.”

“But I’ve already got four strikers and if I ended up trying to keep five of them happy, that’s a problem I could do without.

“Pavlyuchenko is looking to move, and I could only do something with Van Nistelrooy if someone came in for Pav and he decided to go.”

Reading between the lines, the fact that Redknapp is commenting on the story would suggest that Tottenham are confident of striking a deal for Pav soon and we can expect serious moves for a top notch central midfielder following that transfer. Birmingham have been mooted as potential buyers.

Reports today suggest that former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini, who had been heavily linked with Tottenham, has flown in for talks with Man City about a loan move there.

But the on off saga of Sandro’s move from Brazil to Spurs could still happen. And Spurs are still believed to be interested in Sulley Muntari (of Inter Milan) and Miguel Veloso of (Sporting Lisbon).  

And amazingly, the Telegraph is today reporting that Spurs are in the market for a new right back with 29 year old Mathieu Chalme of Bordeaux top of the list. If that happens, I’ll run down the Tottenham High Road naked, so you’d better hope it doesn’t!

In other news, Jamie O’Hara is back in the squad for tomorrow’s match against Liverpool after he returned from his loan spell at Portsmouth and Tom Huddlestone pulled out of the squad with a knee injury.   

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