Tottenham's Daniel Levy accused of being greedy by Juande Ramos

Ramos, who was sacked by Spurs in October after just 12 months in charge, maintains that the sales of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane were to blame for the club's worst ever start to a season. Having won just two points from their first eight games, Ramos claims that Levy had more interest in the £50 million generated from Manchester United and Liverpool for their two strikers than staging a repeat of their Carling Cup winning season. "The club sold Berbatov and Keane and everything went down," he says in the Sun. "They preferred money ahead of competitiveness."Comments Levy made in an open letter to fans after Ramos' departure however, suggested otherwise. On the sale of Berbatov the chairman said: "Despite the potential cost to the Club and knowing that our efforts to sign an additional, experienced striker had failed, the final decision on whether or not to sell Dimitar was not a financial decision but a footballing one. It was felt that he had not been a positive influence on the pitch or in the dressing room and that this would continue."And with regard to Keane he said: "Despite his obvious professionalism, our coaching staff felt that it would be very difficult to expect Robbie to continue to be such a positive influence in our dressing room when he so clearly wanted to leave us. The decision to sell Robbie was therefore not a financial one."The announcements of the Spaniard's sacking and the introduction of his immediate replacement, Harry Redknapp, were made just a matter of hours before Tottenham played Bolton Wanderers. But in spite of the acrimonious events, Ramos insists he could never forget the experiences he had with the London club. "Of course I've not forgotten England," he said. "It was a short experience but intense. "To play and win the Carling Cup final in front of 90,000 fans singing the national anthem and against a great team like Chelsea was extraordinary."Since leaving the Premier League, 54-year-old Ramos has taken over from Bernd Schuster at Real Madrid. He is currently working on a six-month contract but having won six matches on the trot Ramos could earn a permanent deal at the Bernabeu. Ahead of the Spanish side's clash with Liverpool in the Champions League, Ramos said: "We're looking to stretch this winning run and have a team that gives us a guarantee for victory against Liverpool. "We should have no doubts when this tie arrives which is important for our club - and nobody will have any doubt."

Source: Telegraph