Lifting the Carling Cup has raised hopes of eventually breaking into the Champions League places, although the initial aim is to get into the top half of the table for the first time this season.

They travel to St Andrews this weekend to face Birmingham, the side who inflicted Ramos' first defeat as Spurs head coach, after Sebastian Larsson grabbed a spectacular winner at the death.

Spurs are still in the hunt for the UEFA Cup but Ramos has emphasised the importance of competing on all fronts.

"They are two very important competitions and we must improve on our position in the Premier League," he said.

"What we don't want to do is focus just on the league or just on the UEFA Cup or look too far ahead. We can't expect to reach another final without hard work."

Ramos only arrived from Sevilla four months ago but has already turned the club around in terms of results and training methods.

The Spaniard has also stressed that there is plenty more work left to do.

He said: "I'm very happy here. The club is well structured, I'm happy in my job and we have lots of possibilities for the future.

"However, we must not rest on our laurels and we must try to improve as a team all the time. We have a great club with great support and we have to try and compete with the best teams in England."

Robbie Keane feels Birmingham will be among the teams looking at Spurs as a scalp now they have claimed the first silverware of the season.

The striker, though, also feels there may be more freedom for Spurs players now a trophy has been secured.

"It will probably help us push up the table and that is what we need to do because we are way better than where we are in the league," said Keane.

"We want to push on and hopefully we can play with a lot more freedom.

"I imagine that after you win the cup the next team will really want to beat you. Obviously they want to push themselves up the league and get away from the relegation zone."

Spurs players have celebrated this week but Keane feels Wembley has to be forgotten now.

"It's gone now and we have to move on, starting against Birmingham," he said.

"There are only so many days you can celebrate for, you can't dwell on the past. We're professionals and it's back to business now."

Midfielder Jermaine Jenas is hoping for revenge after the defeat to Birmingham earlier in the season, although he is wary of them after their draw against Arsenal last week.

"We owe them one from earlier in the season," said Jenas.

"The result against Arsenal speaks highly of what their manager has done, those types of results will help them in the long run but we hope they don't get one this weekend."

Birmingham's victory at White Hart Lane was the first game for boss Alex McLeish, and they are now out of the relegation zone.

"He is a great manager and he gets the best out of them," said Keane on Spurs TV.

Ramos added: "He is doing some fantastic work at Birmingham and since he's arrived his team has improved.

"Drawing against a team that is top of the league shows they are working hard and they will be a very difficult team to beat."

Ramos is expected to rest Ledley King for the clash, while Jonathan Woodgate has a sprained ankle.

Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling claims that Spurs have made an approach for him, although he intends to stay in Germany.

"I'm not interested in the Premier League," he said in German magazine Kicker.

"I see myself in Leverkusen for several years to come, I'm totally at home here."