FILE: Juande Ramos is acked by Tottenham Hotspurs and immediately replaced by Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp

Record ID: 644883

  • Title: FILE: Juande Ramos is acked by Tottenham Hotspurs and immediately replaced by Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp
  • Date: 27th October 2008
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  • Story Text: Tottenham Hotspur sacked manager Juande Ramos on Saturday (October 25) and Portsmouth's Harry Redknapp said he would be taking charge of the English Premier League team.
    Spurs had said on their website (www.tottenhamhotspur.com) that Ramos, French sporting director Damien Comolli and Uruguayan assistant manager Gus Poyet, had left the club.
    Speaking to Sky Sports News, the 61 year-old Redknapp said he had accepted Tottenham's offer to become manager and Portsmouth would receive about 5 million pounds ($7.79 million) in compensation.
    The trio paid the price for the worst start to a league campaign in the north London team's history.
    Tottenham, who are four points adrift at the foot of the table, face Bolton Wanderers at home on Sunday (October 26) before visiting north London rivals Arsenal on Wednesday (October 29).
    Spurs have just two draws from their opening eight matches and in midweek lost 2-0 at Udinese in the UEFA Cup.
    Spaniard Ramos was hired almost exactly a year ago after Tottenham sacked Martin Jol despite the Dutchman guiding the team to two straight fifth place finishes in the league.
    Ramos made a good start to his Spurs career, taking them to the League Cup final where they beat Chelsea 2-1, the club's first silverware for nearly a decade.
    However, a summer of frenzied transfer activity saw several first-choice players leave, notably Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United and Robbie Keane to Liverpool.
    England striker Jermain Defoe was also sold last January to Redknapp's Portsmouth.
    Tottenham splashed out about 60 million pounds ($ 93 million) on the likes of Croatia midfielder Luka Modric, England winger David Bentley, Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko and Brazilian goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.
    However, the new faces have not gelled and Spurs have yet to win a league match this season with Darren Bent, fourth choice striker last season, often playing up front alone.
    Apart from a 1-1 draw at Chelsea, Tottenham's only other point this season was in a 0-0 home draw with Wigan Athletic.
    They lost at home to promoted Hull City and last week were beaten at Stoke City, another side fresh from the Championship (second division), finishing the match with nine men after two sendings off.
    Later on Sunday (October 26), Tottenham Hotspur ended their drought with a 2-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers, their first win of the season in front of new manager Harry Redknapp.
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