Ex-Spurs man Roman Pavlyuchenko is Reading target

Former Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko could return to the Premier League to help Reading stay in the top flight, a year after his transfer to Lokomotiv Moscow.

Pavlyuchenko scored 21 goals in 78 matches during a four-year spell at White Hart Lane and was sold to the Russian club for £8million last January.

The 31-year-old might be playing at the Madejski Stadium from next year as a replacement for fellow Russian Pavel Pogrebnyak, the Mirror reports.

Reading's owner Anton Zingarevich flew to Moscow last weekend to scout for new talent after Pogrebnyak's unimpressive performances so far this season.