Redknapp issues warning to Pav

23 September 2011 09:44
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has told Roman Pavlyuchenko he must be "up for it" if the striker is to play his way back into the first team.[LNB] The Russian, 29, has made just one Premier League appearance from the bench this season, with summer arrival Emmanuel Adebayor hitting the ground running.[LNB]Former Arsenal striker Adebayor, on-loan from Manchester City, has hit three goals in two starts while Defoe has grabbed a couple in the league alongside the 27-year-old.[LNB]That partnership has left Pavlyuchenko in the lurch, and Redknapp says the £14million signing from Spartak Moscow must show more fight if he's to find a way into Spurs' starting line-up.[LNB]"Hopefully he will come to life," Redknapp said of Pavlyuchenko in The Sun. "When he is up for it, he can play.[LNB]"But there's a good understanding developing between Adebayor and Jermain Defoe.[LNB]"Those two are going well. Rafa van der Vaart plays off the main striker as well so there is competition there for a place."

Source: Team_Talk