Ramos silent on board 'rift'

[Geez]

Source: Telegraph

Under-fire Tottenham boss Juande Ramos last night hinted for the first time that a rift may have occurred at boardroom level over the club’s controversial transfer policy.

Asked why he was not more involved in the sales of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane and the 11th-hour arrivals of Roman Pavlyuchenko and Frazier Campbell, Ramos said: “I cannot speak about this. You have to speak to the club. It is not possible for me to speak publicly. It’s not that the club have not told me to, it is my decision.”

Pressed further on the transfer dealings, Ramos conceded: “This is not the moment to speak because we lie very badly in the table. It is political and I don’t like political.”


I went back to check if the typo in the Ledders article had been amended since yesterday and I found that this had been tacked onto the end - Ramos goes enigmatic

[JimmyG2]

So another test of Spurs resolve.What resolve you may well ask.
If they offer anywhere close to £15 million on present form (both club position and Levy history) he will be sold.Thats exactly the opposite of what should happen if we are to build,or rebuild,our ambitions and hopes.
And what price Woodgate? Will Lennon be with us much longer? We could be starting from scratch again in january with another band of incomers and another exodus.
Show some ambition and keep this squad together,firstly to put the current difficulties behind us and then to get a bit closer to the Champions League in the next season or two.
And dont lets hear about not be able to keep unsettled players.Just tell them that they have legally binding contracts,with no get out clauses with specific clubs and specific amounts in them.At least I hope we have.

[mawspurs]

The people expand on Ramos comments

SILENCE OF THE RAMOS

Juande Ramos admits he is so unhappy with Spurs' summer transfer dealings that he cannot speak out, for fear of angering the board.

The Spaniard has given his strongest indication to date that he is fuming with the hierarchy over their failure to replace Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane properly.

Spurs visit Stoke today in a clash between the Premier League's bottom two, having failed to win any of their first seven League fixtures.

But Ramos finds it impossible to talk about Tottenham's transfer policy because it would be too "controversial".

Spurs were forced into late deals for strikers Roman Pavlyuchenko and on-loan Fraizer Campbell after chairman Daniel Levy refused to allow Berbatov to join Manchester United until the midnight hour on transfer-deadline day.

Ramos always insisted on recruiting players early in the transfer window during his successful spell at Sevilla.

And asked about Tottenham's summer dealings, the manager said: "I cannot speak about it.

I speak about it with the club, it is not possible to speak about it publicly.

"I can speak about it in normal circumstances but not at this moment because we are doing very badly in the table - it is political, it is controversial and I don't like controversy."

Ramos is known to have favoured an earlier sale of Berbatov and was angry when Tottenham failed to sign Argentine striker Diego Milito from Real Zaragoza before the window shut.

Sporting director Damien Comolli is likely to carry the can for their disastrous start to the season with his exit being negotiated. But Tottenham's hopes of recruiting Ramos' ally, former Newcastle director Tony Jimenez, to take over many of Comolli's responsibilities, are complicated by his involvement in the takeover of Charlton.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has admitted he would have quit White Hart Lane if he had been forced to endure Comolli's meddling.

The Potters boss resigned from the club three years ago after similar boardroom interference in transfer dealings from the club's old Icelandic owners.

And Pulis said: "What really annoys me is that people want to select players and then if it goes wrong they want to blame the manager.

"If the manager is going to take all the stick for poor performances by his players, he should be the one that's picking them.

"We have a system here where we scout players but the final decision will always be mine.

That's the way the chairman likes it and how I like it.

"You can't have someone out there selecting players without the manager seeing them.

"The big question people should be asking of Spurs is why Keane and Berbatov were sold.

"They created chance after chance when they lost to Hull two weeks ago and if they'd had those two players, it would have been a different story."

[sebo_sek]

MANURE CHASES GARETH BALE

Tottenham midfielder is key target for United


TOTT STUFF - Gareth Bale (left) tackles Ryan Giggs but could be his team-mate next year

18/10/2008

SIR ALEX FERGUSON has targeted Gareth Bale to strengthen the left side of Manchester United’s defence.

The move is sure to spark another row with Spurs after the long battle over Dimitar Berbatov.

Despite injury since arriving at White Hart Lane from Southampton, Wales international Bale, 19, has been checked out by the Old Trafford scouts.

Bale was signed for £5million from Saints in a deal which could rise to £10m. In August he extended his Spurs deal by four years.

United may make their move in January, with realistic hopes of clinching a deal next summer.

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They have Evra. This is soooo bollox, I don't know why I am even commenting.

[bigspurs]

Its Comolli's fault for being a meddling French twat, but its ultimately Levy's fault for employing him and sanctioning such a piss-poor system of player management!!!

Can't let Ramos off the hook entirely though. He isn't exactly helping matters with his formation and player selections. I just hope we beet f*cking Stoke today!

COYS!!!

[gaganelov]

They have Evra. This is soooo bollox, I don't know why I am even commenting.

yep...yesterday evra got injured and thats why they are speculating.

[Bill_Oddie]

Well, they've fallen at the first hurdle with the Bale story, as the fee cannot rise to 10m anymore. Still, why let facts bother another dig at the club?


The Ramos thing is interesting. If I were in a country that allowed gambling, I'd have ten ringgit on there being a bold 'Ramos quashes media bullshit' story on Pravda/the OS tomorrow.

[glenda]

i wish someone would pay me to look at football!!!

fucksake how hard is that, pick to best players!!! & dont spent the clubs money like a drunken sailor in a prague brothel!!! ohyeah & you gonna get about 10 grand a week!!! comolli should be flogged!!!

[CliffJones]

"Hutton in Iraq to discuss future" BBC Web page

What the fuck is going on at WHL ??

[kelloggs]

"Hutton in Iraq to discuss future" BBC Web page

What the fuck is going on at WHL ??

:rofl:

I had the same thought!!!

:rofl:

[StauntonSpur]

I know its been said before but we've waited 3 years for a world class CB and DM and were still waiting and what we did have, a world class forward line up ,we f***ing sold um....Bet Ramos gets the sack for this mess and if he does we will be waiting another 3 years, sorry missed a zero off, 30 years !! Levy and Commili or however you spell it, well I can't spell and he sure as hell can't buy, need to go sooner than later and let the manager do his job with the players he wants !!!