Tottenham had more bad news today after striker Roman Pavlyuchenko announced he wants to quit the club.

Pavlyuchenko wants showdown talks with boss Harry Redknapp and will demand he is sold in January.

The striker has failed to settle at White Hart Lane and fears his lack of first-team action could cost him a place in Russia's squad for next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa.

"I want to leave the club," Pavlyuchenko said.

"It is impossible to remain there under the circumstances I find myself in.

"I have been sitting on the subs' bench for half a year and as a result lost a place in the starting 11 of the national team, and now hopefully we will get to the World Cup - who will rely on a forward who does not play?

"I want to play and not just warm the bench."

Russia coach Guus Hiddink has already warned the striker - now fourth choice at Spurs behind Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe - that he could miss out all together if he is not playing regularly.

Pavlyuchenko cost Spurs £14 million from Spartak Moscow in August 2008, but he has made just six appearances in all competitions for Spurs this season, scoring one goal, and has lost his place in the Russia team.

Hiddink's side take on Slovenia in their World Cup play-off in Moscow on Saturday with a place at the World Cup at stake.

Pavlyuchenko will then express to Redknapp his desire to depart Spurs.

"Immediately after the games with Slovenia, my agent and I are flying to London for purposeful negotiations and I want to take part in them personally," he told Russia's Sport Express newspaper.

"I will ask the management to quote a reasonable price for me.

"Our manager, Harry Redknapp, does not talk to me on the matter.

"At the start of the season, our manager said that four forwards is exactly the optimal number, but now he states that three is enough. I am the fourth one so it is obvious that I should part with the club.

"The only thing that can stand in the way is unmanageable price, but I will insist on leaving.

"The important thing now is to reach a compromise that will be suitable for the club and me, and my future club."