Ramos changes Spurs story
Thursday 23 Aug 2007
Sevilla coach Juande Ramos has denied comments he made on Wednesday suggesting that he had been offered the manager's job at Tottenham Hotspur.
Ramos had spoken of "an excellent, dizzying offer", but now insists that he has not had a dialogue with anyone from Spurs and no concrete approach has been made.
He told The Times: "I did not get offered the Spurs job at all. There never was an offer on the table from them.
"Spurs is a big club, anyone would be interested in the opportunity, but it is not one for me now.
"I have friends that tell me what is going on with other clubs and I would listen to them out of courtesy. I did not personally meet anybody from Spurs - maybe other people did in search of information.
"People are talking about wages and an offer from Tottenham. I never got an offer to take charge of the club.
"When I described a possible offer as dizzying, I only meant the kind of money English clubs can pay at the moment makes any possible offer dizzying.
"People have put words in my mouth. I want to apologise if I have upset anybody. It was not my intention."
For their part, Spurs had denied that they had offered the manager's job to anyone, despite warning Martin Jol that they expect a top-four finish this season.