Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko admits he is finding it tough to learn English so he can speak properly to manager Harry Redknapp and his team mates.

It also prevents him from speaking easily to his national manager Guus Hiddink.

Talking to a newspaper in Moscow he said: "Language is still a big problem. My teacher praises me for my progress, says I'm doing better and better. But I still can't communicate easily.

"To start learning English from the scratch and after seven months begin speaking fluently turned out to be unrealistic. For me it only means that I need to keep working on it."