Psychological problem affecting Roman Palyuchenko form at Spurs says agent

The Russia international is fourth choice at White Hart Lane behind Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane and Peter Crouch and has spent most of this season warming the substitutes bench.He was handed a rare start during Tottenham's 2-0 Carling Cup victory over Everton on Tuesday night, but did not perform well.Tottenham linked with Manchester Citys Craig BellamyPavlyuchenko was signed for £14 million as a replacement for Dimitar Berbatov but the 27-year-old has failed to make an impact in the Premier League, something the player's agent puts down to not feeling wanted.Oleg Artemov told the Sun: "His poor performance recently is not due to a lack of match practice but psychological problems. "Of course, not getting into the starting line-up, sitting on the bench is not good for any player. "But Roman is much more affected by the feeling that the manager doesn't trust him and prefers to use other forwards."Artemov has once again hinted that Pavlyuchenko will look to leave if he doesn't get more starts. "The World Cup is next summer, to waste another half a year on the bench may be very bad for his international career. "It's hard to say if Pavlyuchenko's less than impressive performance in the match against Everton will influence his future at Tottenham. "It may become clearer after our next meeting with Redknapp. "Roman and I plan to talk to him again after Russia's two World Cup play-off games against Slovenia in November."

Source: Telegraph