Ramos leaves Spurs stars sweating ahead of PSV clash

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — Juande Ramos has warned his Tottenham stars they are still playing for their futures as they prepare to face PSV Eindhoven in Thursday's UEFA Cup last 16 first leg clash.

Any Spurs player believing last month's League Cup final victory over Chelsea allowed them to rest on their laurels was quickly brought back down to earth by Ramos this week.

The Spanish coach was furious with the sloppy manner of his side's 4-1 defeat at Birmingham in their first match since the final and called a meeting to make it clear he wouldn't stand for a repeat.

Ramos joined his players in their champagne-sodden celebrations at Wembley but, as befits a man nicknamed 'granite face', he retains a sense of distance from the squad that will make it easier to root out the...