Spurs striker Pavlyuchenko out to make sure Hiddink leaves Chelsea

31 March 2009 10:59
Roman Pavlyuchenko is confident he can score the goals to convince Guus Hiddink to walk away from Chelsea at the end of the season and take full-time charge of Russia's World cup bid.[LNB] Speculation that the Chelsea caretaker boss could yet engineer a way of staying at Stamford Bridge beyond his planned summer exit has still not gone away, and Pavlyuchenko and his Russia team-mates, preparing to face Liechtenstein, are desperate to qualify for South Africa in order to keep their boss. [LNB][LNB][LNB] Pavlyuchenko hopes Dutchman Hiddink (right) will wave goodbye to Chelsea at the end of the season and focus his energies on Russia[LNB]Russia are four points behind Group Four leaders Germany, but with a game in hand and Tottenham striker Pavlyuchenko said: 'First, we need to prove to Guus that we are a good team, and the way we can do that is by winning our next few matches. [LNB]'It depends only on us. I have not been playing recently for my club, so I have so much energy and I shall fight for the cause.'[LNB] Bent heaps praise on Spurs strike partner Keane after winning England recallTottenham to end three-year hunt for Downing with £12m summer swoop for Boro starJeers to cheers: Lampard 'stronger' having battled the Wembley boo-boysCHELSEA FC

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