Spurs urged to sign Arshavin and help Pavlyuchenko settle at the Lane
By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 5:19 PM on 01st October 2008
Pavlyuchenko has also struggled to adjust to the speed and intensity of life in the Premier League.
But the anticipated arrival of Zenit St Petersburg playmaker Arshavin, who Spurs are expected to target during the January transfer window, would help Pavlyuchenko settle at White Hart Lane.

Larisa Pavlyuchenko told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper: "Arshavin? I know his wife Yulia. I'd be glad if another Russian appears at the club.

'Of course Roman is trying to communicate with his new team-mates, but it would be easier for him if there was a Russian there.'

Asked about her husband's reluctance to leave Russia, she said: "I always told him: 'It's only you who can choose. Whatever your decision is, we'll always back you and will follow you.

Home sweet home: Roman Pavlyuchenko and wife Larisa

'Roman called me time and again, asking: 'Will you manage to get used to it?'. And I replied: 'Please don't think about us. It's better to go and try now than later regret missing this opportunity.

'The fact is, the offer came out of the blue. It was a bit too scary to think about changing everything, when things were going so smoothly in Moscow.

'We would have left without thinking twice if there had been any problems for Roman in Spartak. But there weren't. Besides, our child feels at home in Moscow. Kristina has friends in the neighbourhood.

'But Roman's performance is much more important than all these routine problems now. All I want is for Roman to be successful in England.'