IMAGINE this - you are a high-flier in your company and have been performing well in your current project.

Suddenly you are pulled out of it for a bigger project, which you do fairly well.

As a reward, the company transfers you to head an overseas office, even though you don't speak the local language.

You are exhausted from being involved in both projects, and are struggling to adapt to the local language and working culture.

Worse still, the branch's worst performance coincides with your arrival, and you get a lot of stick for not being able to help, despite your big reputation.

How will you feel?

Terrible, right?

That would probably be how Roman Pavlyuchenko felt at White Hart Lane, before Harry Redknapp's arrival.

The Mostovskoy-born striker failed to find the back of the net during Juande Ramos' reign, after his £14 million ($342m) transfer from Spartak Moscow.

That led some to doubt if Pavlyuchenko is the right man to replace Robbie Keane or Dimitar Berbatov.

Pavlyuchenko may not possess Berbatov's silky skills or Keane's mobility, but he is the right man to take Spurs forward.

While the former Spurs pair might have thrilled the White Hart Lane faithful with their brand of beautiful football, Pavlyuchenko adopts a more practical style.

The Russian is a prolific finisher with a penchant for tapping in goals from close range.

His goal-scoring prowess is undeniable - 10 goals in 24 international games for Russia is more than a decent return for at international level.

And that is in addition to the 1.88m striker's 77 goals in 147 appearances for Spartak.

His two goals against England during the Euro08 qualifying game bears testimony to his ability to deal with the speed and physical nature of the Premiership.

His height and speed will prove highly useful for Redknapp's plans.

The Englishman has many creative and speedy players within his ranks right now, such as David Bentley, Aaron Lennon and Luka Modric.

They are more than capable of wrecking havoc down the flanks before whipping a cross into the penalty box for Pavlyuchenko to finish off.

The New Paper's football analyst Tohari Paijan agreed. He said: 'Pavlyuchenko has the right attributes to succeed at Spurs.

'While he is not as physical as Darren Bent, he is very strong in the air,' he added.

However, Pavlyuchenko's goals would dry up if the attacking trio of Bentley, Lennon and Modric are kept in check.

'Pavlyuchenko is a targetman and he needs the service of his team-mates, or it would be quite difficult for him to score.'

Also, the Russian would need to keep his focus firmly on football.

The 26-year-old is also a politician, having been elected as a council member in Stavropol, located in the far south west of Russia.

He is set to miss three days of training next month in order to travel to attend a meeting and a football festival in the Russian city.

'Despite the need for me to be in Britain often, I'm not going to be absent from Stavropol for long,' he told the Daily Mirror recently.

Problem

The only problem? He plans to leave just three days before Spurs' 13 Dec clash with Manchester United, and is likely to be exhausted from the flights, which take eight hours each way.

Nonetheless, Tohari believes that the Bent-Pavlyuchenko partnership will blossom as the season progresses.

That is despite ex-coach Gus Poyet saying that the two were too similar to play effectively together.

'He was just unlucky to have arrived at a time when Spurs were having their worse-ever start to the Premiership,' he said.

'Right now they are improving with every game since Redknapp took over and played them together.

'Give them more time, they are the ones to look for in the long run.'