Juande Ramos has insisted that his move to Tottenham was the “dream” of his entire life, despite it not working out for him at the club.
The former Spurs boss has been speaking about his time at Tottenham in an interview in Spain, relayed by MSN.
Ramos moved to Tottenham in 2007 after a successful two-year spell with Sevilla, but only managed a year and 54 games in charge of the club despite signing a six-year deal reportedly worth £6m a year.
He had enjoyed early success at the club and won the League Cup in his first season there, but their form slumped after that, with defeat to Udinese at the start of their UEFA Cup group campaign spelling the end of his time in charge.
His departure came alongside that of sporting director Damien Comolli and a raft of other sackings at the time, as Daniel Levy swung the axe and made major changes ahead of bringing in Harry Redknapp as manager.
Ramos has had something of a varied coaching career since, managing Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Dnipro and Malaga. Of those four, he only managed more than 30 games for Dnipro, where he spent four years as boss.
He’s been out of work since leaving Malaga in 2016 and now, looking back on his career, insists that decision to move to Tottenham is not one he regrets.
“Mine was a situation that I took consciously. Sportingly, the change was very important, I was going to a league, a competition, the Premier League, which I was very excited about,” he said.
“I did it at the time and I would do it again now. But things happen because they happen… It was the right time. In no single moment have I regretted having done it.
“Without a doubt, the economic issue was very important, but above all it had to do with the sports issue. Going to a club of an entity like Tottenham and a competition like the Premier… Come on, the dream of my entire life. Living that experience is invaluable.
“No one is going to take away the satisfaction and pride of having been in an entity like Sevilla. But professionals are open to any situation.
“And the same thing happens with the satisfaction of having been in a place like Tottenham, where I would have liked to spend more time because it is an entity that has tremendous potential to compete with the best in England, with City, United or Arsenal., with whoever.
“I was left as an unfinished work because at that time it was a limited company that thought much more about economics than about sports.”
