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Europa League doesn't interest anyone here - Tottenham's Pavlyuchenko

Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko says that nobody at the club is interested in the Europa League and feel that manager Harry Redknapp doesn't count on him.

The 29-year old has made just two substitute appearances for Spurs this season with Redknapp preferring to save him for European action but he has made it clear that he is no bothered by that competition and feels his boss has not told the truth as to why he will not let him leave White Hart Lane.

"I don't believe I can fight my way into the Tottenham starting line-up. Players can feel what the manager thinks about them, and I know that the manager doesn't count on me these days," he told Russian paper Sport Express.

"I don't want to be the team's fourth striker. I want to play in the big games in the Premier League.

"The Europa League, which I am playing in, doesn't interest anyone here.

"I don't know whether Redknapp is telling the truth when he says he doesn't want to lose me. I guess he is not telling the truth.

"Redknapp says I'm not playing because my pre-season wasn't good. I can't understand that."

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