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"They made an excellent, dizzying offer, but I'm under contract to Sevilla and my decision is to fulfil it," Ramos told a news conference on Wednesday.

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Juande Ramos in training with his Sevilla side on Wednesday

"There was not the slightest possibility that I would accept it because I'm under contract. It did not interest me or the club.

"I wasn't in a meeting with anyone, what happened was that I met with a person and that person went on to meet other people who were surely Tottenham," Ramos said.

Tottenham have denied offering Juande Ramos the job as boss at White Hart Lane - but his name is expected to remain linked with eventually taking over from Martin Jol.

Jol held talks with the Spurs board yesterday and was told to get the club challenging for Champions League qualification, earning him more time after his position as boss looked fragile.

Spurs officials met Ramos last week in Spain, which has been explained as a private matter, and it is understood that it was the Premier League club that cooled talks.

"No individual was or has been offered the position of manager/coach at this club while that position has been held by Martin Jol," read a statement from Spurs.

Ramos has a year left on his contract at Sevilla - whom he has guided to consecutive UEFA Cups - and has previously stated his ambition to work in England one day.

Ramos has been linked with a possible move to Tottenham Hotspur ever since media reports suggested that manager Martin Jol no longer enjoyed the confidence of club chairman Daniel Levy.

Speculation went into overdrive when the Seville sports paper Estadio Deportivo published photographs of an alleged meeting between Ramos and Tottenham club secretary John Alexander at a hotel in the Andalucian city.

Ramos has guided Sevilla to five trophies in the last two seasons, including back-to-back UEFA Cups and the King's Cup.

His side crushed Real Madrid 5-3 on Sunday to complete a 6-3 aggregate win in the Spanish Super Cup and play AC Milan in the European Super Cup next week.

They also have one foot in the Champions League group stage after a 2-0 win over AEK Athens in first leg of their third qualifying round tie.