Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Diniyar Bilayletdinov has revealed Russia teammate Roman Pavlyuchenko is already settled at new club Tottenham.

He said: "Roman arrived in the national team in the best of moods, beaming and grinning as if he was just back from Disneyland.

"Naturally all he talked about was England. How he did the medicals, how he wandered around London. But I liked best his story of how he first met his new team-mates.

"According to him he couldn't believe it at first when he went into Tottenham dressing room. The small room was literally being ripped to shreds by the loudest rap music.

"In the middle of the room a big black guy was dancing surrounded by lots of other strongly-built guys who merrily clapped their hands to the music and started dancing as well.

"As it turned out, the dancer was Ivorian midfielder Didier Zokora. They didn't even turn the sound down while Pavlyuchenko was changing. In fact they didn't take any notice of him at all."