German club Stuttgart are ready to offer Roman Pavlyuchenko an escape route from Tottenham, while Darren Bent is also expected to leave White Hart Lane this summer.

Pavlyuchenko is one of the strikers Stuttgart are considering, according to their director of sport Horst Heldt, as a replacement for Mario Gomez who joined Bayern Munich.

“Pavyluchenko is an interesting player and we have discussed his name internally,” Heldt said.

Pavlyuchenko scored 14 goals during his rookie season in England but struggled to command a regular place, with former Spurs goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez suggesting it was “impossible” to communicate with him unless speaking Russian.