Ramos insists he never met Spurs officials at the start of the season, although the club's integrity has been in question regardless of the actual circumstances.

The manner of Martin Jol's dismissal has been described as "extremely disturbing" by the League Managers' Association, while the fall-out over Ramos' departure from Sevilla is likely to involve a lengthy legal process.

"I'm not embarrassed," insisted Comolli, Spurs' sporting director. "Sometimes you have to make decisions like this in football.

"It was a decision we had to take, we had to make, and it was made. We are looking for stability."

Chairman Daniel Levy was not at Ramos' unveiling and is unlikely to speak publicly until the club's EGM next month when things could look brighter if Ramos guides them out of the bottom three of the Premier League.

Levy has been among those criticised after Spurs officials were pictured in the same Sevilla hotel as Ramos on the first week of the season, although the new Spurs boss insisted: "There were some pictures in Sevilla but I can honestly say I didn't meet any one of the Tottenham directors.

"I had an offer in August from three or four teams in pre-season.

"There were a lot of rumours at that particular time and I decided not to take any of those offers back then.

"It was the right time now. Sevilla went through some bad results so I felt I had to take this chance now."

Ramos will be working in the "continental" structure at Spurs that has been seen as a contributing factor to Jol's departure.

It is Comolli who will identify potential recruits after Ramos tells him what type of player is needed, leading to the perception of the sporting director holding greater influence.

Comolli said: "I'm 100% convinced that the technical director role works, 99% of the clubs around the world use that system, win trophies, win football matches. So it works.

"If the chairman and the board are not happy with what I'm doing, they'll probably ask me to leave. But 50 or 60% is about the club in the future, and 40% is about the club now. If they're not happy with what I'm doing, they'll ask me to leave.

"I'm not interested about this (Ramos') job. Juande is very competent at what he does, has a proven record of winning in style.

"As a scouting department, we have to come up with solutions which we take to him. If he's got a name, that's fantastic. Saves me a lot of trips. But if not, we have to come up with options."

Comolli insisted he had a good relationship with Jol but it was better described as professional, with the pair known to have heated discussions.

Ramos worked with a director of football in Sevilla but one unfamiliarity in his first few days was speaking to the media through a translator, although he talks to the players in English.

"The players understand me perfectly but I'd prefer with the media that we'd translate," he said. "But I speak with the players in English and they are happy."

His initial impressions of the squad have been positive after three training sessions in two days.

"I'll speak to the directors once I've assessed the squad I have," he added.

"I'm very happy with the squad at the moment and I can turn things around with the squad we have at the moment."

Ramos comes with a reputation for attacking football which Comolli feels can play a part in Spurs inching back respect after a chaotic couple of months.

"Results matter and how you get results matters," said the Frenchman. "One of the reasons Juande is here is because he gets results with style. I think that's how you get respect."