Former Tottenham football chief Damien Comolli has no regrets urging the board to sack Juande Ramos.
The decision ultimately cost the Frenchman his job.
But he told the London Evening Standard: "Results were not good for two or three months. You got a feeling the players were not responding well to the manager. So we had to make a change. Ramos was my recommendation, a logical choice. He was a hot topic around Europe and extremely successful at Seville, who were playing incredible football. Before he came to Spurs, he won four trophies in 18 months.
"Why didn't it work out? He found it difficult to adapt to English football and the players found it difficult to adapt to his methods."
Comolli was sacked along with Ramos. He accepts he made the wrong managerial choice but insists: "When you get the players right and get one wrong appointment, you deserve one more chance. People in my job deserve to make two [managerial] appointments at least, not one.
"I thought I would stay at Spurs for the rest of my life. I probably was too naive because I had such a great relationship with Daniel [Levy, Tottenham chairman]. Probably I needed to tell Daniel at the time, 'Listen, whatever people are telling you, they are wrong, because we've got fantastic players. It's not working out with this manager, even though, with time, it will probably work out.' But I didn't say it."
