Spartak Moscow have been preparing for their UEFA Cup tie with Tottenham by taking advantage of Chelsea's training facilities.

Blues owner Roman Abramovich has laid out the red carpet for Spartak and coach Michael Laudrup told chelseafc.com: "What can I say? It is marvellous, I think it is fantastic,' he said, from inside the club's new Academy building.

"I was here with Brondby three or four years ago and it is fantastic now it is finished, I am very impressed.

"We are out of season and I was told when we prepared all this that the winter in Russia from December onwards would be very cold. It hasn't been like that, when we left last week it was five or six degrees, but that is not normal - that would be about ten below.

"In Russia, the facilities we have are not bad at all, we have two very good pitches and one artificial. Every player has his own room and that is not bad at all, but it is nothing like this one."