Andrei Arshavin's agent claims Tottenham have made an official that comes close to Zenit St Petersburg's full asking price for the Russian playmaker.

Dennis Lachter admits the Russia was not that keen on Spurs when their interest first transpired but he is now desperate to move to White Hart Lane.

Arshavin has always said he would prefer Barcelona, but Lachter admits his charge was won over by Spurs, and particularly coach Juande Ramos.

"Andrei is ready to move to Tottenham, now it just depends on Zenit," Lachter told Sovietsky Sport. "Arshavin changed his decision [about joining Spurs] due to excellent interest from Spurs.

"They are the one team that fully agreed his contract demands and ready to pay almost the full price that Zenit wants.

The Russian club that is bankrolled by oil giants Gazprom was believed to be holding out for a fee in the region of €30million for the 27-year-old, whose performances in Euro 2008 were expected to prompt a flurry of interest but the price tag appears to have scared all but Spurs away.

"Juande Ramos called Andrei and described his vision of football and his vision of Andrei's future in the team.

"Ramos said that Arshavin will be a key player of his team and he is highly interested in this deal.

"Spurs had the money for Andrei all the time and their interest isn't new. Zenit doesn't want to say that they have official offer from Tottenham. But they have it."

Lachter added that Zenit's desire to keep Arshavin for the European Super Cup clash with Manchester United on August 29th is not a realistic because he is "unsure that today's Arshavin can be useful for Zenit.

"I hope that Zenit will collect themselves. I know the high level of professionalism of Zenit's new president [Alexander] Dukov and his great personality."

Zenit sporting director Konstantin Sarsaniya admitted on Thursday that an agreement could be close to being finalised with Spurs.

"We have certain contacts with Tottenham, but when they will conclude, I still do not know," Sarsaniya told Sports.ru. "Maybe within five days, maybe sooner, maybe later."