Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has insisted the club will never challenge for the Champions League unless they spend millions of pounds in the transfer market.

The Spanish coach had a taste of managing in the European Cup with his Sevilla side earlier in the season and is desperate to test his managerial skills against the best teams in Europe.

But the Tottenham boss has warned his own supporters that any dreams of breaking into the Champions League will have to take a backseat for a while until they can attract the best players in Europe to the club.

Ramos said: "It comes down to budgets at the end of the day. Budgets have a lot to do with this. The four teams involved in the final stages of the Champions League have the highest budgets.

"Therefore they are able to buy the best star players, they have the best options to buy those players. "Now and then there can be a team that can break into those four as a surprise but it's very difficult and it all comes down to budget. We need to buy the best players."