Harry Redknapp wants Roman Pavlyuchenko stay

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has admitted that he hopes striker Roman Pavlyuchenko will stay at the club.

The Russian, who scored the winner in Spurs' 1-0 win against Sunderland on Sunday afternoon, has been linked with a move away from White Hart Lane.

"I'd like to keep him here. He's a fantastic player, he's a great striker of the ball and when he's on his game he's top drawer," Redknapp told Sky Sports News.

"It's just difficult, you've got Rafa [Rafael van der Vaart], you've got [Jermain] Defoe, you've got Pav and you've got [Emmanuel] Adebayor and you can't play them all."

Redknapp's side host Chelsea in the Premier League on Thursday evening.