Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has revealed he's been laid low by a mystery virus.

The 27-year-old, who has scored three goals since joining Spurs for £14m last summer from Spartak Moscow, and was forced to miss Spurs' 2-0 defeat at West Brom at the Hawthorns yesterday.

He told Sovetski Sport: "On the eve of the game against West Brom, I suddenly developed very high fever.

"It's some kind of a virus. I had to miss the game. I am staying in bed at home taking medications to recover from this illness as soon as possible."