Manager Jol described any suggestion that he is on the verge of quitting as "a load of rubbish."

He insisted: "Everybody is committed to the cause of getting higher up the league and making a success of the season.

"This is dominating my thoughts at the moment and so you can imagine how surprised I was to hear that one newspaper was suggesting that I was on the verge of quitting my job today. What a load of rubbish."

Tottenham remain in the Premier League bottom three after the 1-1 weekend draw at Bolton, which followed a healthy 6-1 win over Anorthosis Famagusta in the UEFA Cup last Thursday.

A Tottenham spokesman told PA Sport no plans for a meeting exist even though speculation over the Dutchman's role as head coach has been rife for weeks.

Such rumours increased after weekend speculation that Spurs are interested in the services of former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.

But Jol is still publicly insisting he has the backing of chairman Levy after being asked about the Mourinho reports.

He said: "Daniel Levy called me to tell me that it's all rubbish and that he wants me here next year.

"He's always good to me and has always backed me."

Jol was also quizzed about striker Jermain Defoe who has allegedly been told to sign a new contract or look for a new club.

The England forward was again left out of the squad at Bolton despite scoring twice against Cypriots Famagusta in the UEFA Cup as a substitute in midweek but Jol explained: "Robbie Keane has a great record for scoring away goals and did it again.

"Jermain scored twice in the UEFA Cup game and is pushing for a place again. So that is good."

Jol added: "We needed three points at Bolton, given our current position where we are striving to recover after a difficult start but I feel we have done okay over our last three or four games, although results do not reflect this.

"We should have beaten Fulham by a big margin, we could have got something at Manchester United and we failed to press home our advantage against Arsenal.

"The match against Anorthosis served to get our strikers on the scoresheet, a boost before we headed to Bolton.

"Both teams needed the points but it was Bolton who were killing time near the end, which was quite a telling factor.

"There were some positives to come out of it. I thought we were the better team and the possession figure of 61% also bears this out, while physically we matched a strong Bolton side.

"We are a much, much better side than our league position suggests and we will prove this as the season progresses.

"More and more players are coming back into the reckoning, Teemu Tainio makes us more solid as a unit, while we also have the players to give us a spark.

"We were training today with the likes of Adel Taarabt, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Aaron Lennon and Wayne Routledge and we are lucky to have these youngsters with bundles of talent.

"We have had something like 15 chances in our last three away matches and what we need now is a higher conversion rate. If I give them the chance to play and express themselves they have to deliver.

"What we need now is to score more goals, don't concede and keep clean sheets - 70% of the goals we have let in have been avoidable and that is what we have to do. It comes down to team spirit."