Juande Ramos was finally put out of his misery last night as Tottenham showed him the door after he had overseen the worst start to a season in the club’s history. Much like his predecessor, Martin Jol, Ramos lost the plot early on in the season, with Spurs having garnered just two points from their opening 8 fixtures. Once the team got into a rut, it seemed unlikely that anything other than a change up top would get them out of it – an event which has seen Harry Redknapp being brought in to take over.
Will Spurs survive?
Daniel Levy probably made the smartest move of his Tottenham career (which is not saying much) by sacking Ramos and getting in Redknapp. Spurs were going nowhere, and despite the temptation to give Ramos a few more matches for it to turn around it looked like Ramos had completely lost the plot. The players were not motivated, they were running around on most days like headless chickens and worse there was a lack of leadership on and off the field. Under Redknapp, Spurs will atleast stem the obvious decline, I still think that they are too good to go down but then Football has a way of making a mockery of most predictions.
Where will Ramos end up?
Chances are that Ramos might be Atletico Madrid in Spain by next season. Funnily enough, there are a lot of similarities between Atletico and Tottenham. Both have always been unable to live up to the huge expectations of their fans, both seem incapable of addressing all their flaws during the transfer windows and both flatter to deceive more often than not. But for Ramos to go from managing Darren Bent to Kun Aguero in quick succession with five million extra in his pocket would be a nice little deal for him.
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