JUANDE Ramos has embraced
the task of breaking Tottenham
into the top four of the Barclays
Premier League and has called
for continued financial backing
to build a squad capable of it.
Ramos arrived at White Hart
Lane last October and won the
Carling Cup within four months,
with the cost of luring him from
Sevilla reducing Spurs' profits in
their interim financial results.
In announcing the figures,
chairman Daniel Levy stated the
ambition of establishing Spurs as
a main contender'' under head
coach Ramos.
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He said: I'm very happy that
the chairman has expressed that
opinion, that he wants the team
to progress.
If, on a sporting level, the club
has to be more ambitious then we
have to prepare the team in order
to fight to get into the top four.
If that is the objective of the
club then I'm delighted.''
Spurs finished fifth in the last
two seasons but there were
doubts whether Martin Jol could
take them to the next level, leading
to the messy recruitment of
Ramos.
The departure of Jol, assistant
Chris Hughton and goalkeeping
coach Hans Segers - with Ramos
and his staff taking over - were
factors behind the decrease in
profits for the last six months of
2007 from £14.2m to £9.9m.
Ramos changed training
regimes and diets but he was also
helped by the club recruiting
Jonathan Woodgate and Alan
Hutton
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