Tottenham coach Juande Ramos has reiterated his determination to keep hold of star striker Dimitar Berbatov.
The Bulgarian international is already being linked with a host of clubs, including Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid and AC Milan, since the opening of the transfer window.
His agent Emil Dantchev claimed the 26-year-old would like to move to a club which matched his own ambitions.
But Ramos, speaking after the 2-1 reversal at Aston Villa, has set his stall out to keep hold of the player.
He said: "Obviously Berbatov's agent is looking to do his business and has made his comments.
"But we are happy because we have the player on a contract, and we plan to keep him."
Ramos has admitted he will look to bring in new defensive blood unless Tottenham can cut out the kind of lapses which cost them both goals against Villa from set pieces.
Olof Mellberg opened the scoring from an Ashley Young free-kick and, after Jermain Defoe had equalised, a corner from Gareth Barry was headed in by Martin Laursen for the winner.
Ramos said: "I am not happy because we have come back from a goal down, created chances, and still lost. I think a draw would have been a fairer result.
"But in the past few weeks, we have conceded goals from set-pieces, and it is hard to win matches conceding as many as we do from those sort of positions.
"We are lacking in some defensive departments, and it is something we need to look at. We are paying for lapses.
"We need to find a solution to our defensive problems. If we can't sort the problems out with the players we already have here, we will look outside for other players."
Source : www.football365.com
