However, Tottenham manager Martin Jol stated last week that Berbatov is not for sale.
And Jol dismissed speculation he was set to hand the captaincy to the new arrival.
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"Six months ago I wouldn't have dreamed of it, " Jol added of his latest signing.
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Manchester United are tracking Carrick, although Jol says he is reluctant to let him leave.
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Jol has reignited his career at German outfit Hamburg, who currently lead the Bundesliga.
The 54-year-old Ramos joined Spurs from Sevilla on 27 October 2007 after Dutchman Martin Jol was sacked.
Jol is pained by Spurs' poor start the season, with the Dutchman still fond of his former club.
Jol was sacked last season after making a poor start, but feels bottom-placed Spurs should not make the same mistake.
Labbadia succeeded former Tottenham boss Martin Jol at the northern German club last summer, enjoying a successful start to the season.
Managed by former Spurs boss Martin Jol, it was another former employee who did the damage with Dimitar Berbatov scoring Fulham's winner.
"I have no fears - from anybody or any circumstances, " said Jol.
"They've changed the team but have done it with good intentions as they want to be better, " Jol told Five Live Sport.
United States manager Bob Bradley, Ajax boss Martin Jol and Germany legend Jurgen Klinsmann are among those being linked with the job.
Boateng arrived at Spurs under former manager Martin Jol in 2007, but the Germany Under-21 international failed to justify his hefty price tag.
Jermaine Jenas returns to the Tottenham line-up after shaking off a slight back problem as Martin Jol enjoys the luxury of a fully-fit squad.
Petrovic played at the 1998 World Cup finals in France and managed RKC Waalwijk and Boavista before becoming Martin Jol's assistant at Hamburg from 2008 to 2009.
But Paul Robinson has taken it one stage further and has become the first to trumpet the credentials of his club manager at Tottenham - Martin Jol.
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They can't afford to do that - and I must stress my criticism is not of Arnesen or Jol, but of the system they are working within.
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After being signed by Martin Jol, then the Spurs manager, from Southampton in the summer of 2007 the only statistic associated with Bale was not a positive one.
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Hiddink is the third Dutchman to take charge of a Premier League club after Ruud Gullit (Chelsea, Newcastle) and Martin Jol (Tottenham) and is the seventh foreign manager at Chelsea.
Ramos, who won the Uefa Cup twice with Sevilla as well as the Uefa Super Cup and Copa del Rey, has turned around Tottenham's form and fortunes since replacing Dutchman Martin Jol.
"There is still a lot to improve with the team and with Dimitar, he can score 30 or 35 goals in all competitions, " stated Jol, who has been impressed with Berbatov's adjustment to the Premiership.
Spurs' mediocre league form might be a mystery but Martin Jol's side clearly have not lost the ability to raise their game for a Cup tie in the great traditions of the club.
This is because if they did, the likelihood would be that Spurs would then have to sack sporting director Frank Arnesen, new boss Jol and probably some of the coaching staff as well.
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Before Spurs' two forwards took centre stage, Tom Huddlestone, who turns 20 on Thursday, had excelled for Martin Jol's team, moving them forward with a series of inventive passes, both long and short.
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Spurs boss Jol tweaked his system again, withdrawing Keane to return a 4-4-2, but at the start of extra-time Liverpool again threatened, as Welsh's 95th-minute shot beat England goalkeeper Paul Robinson but not the post.
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Meanwhile, Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is clearly intent on re-shuffling the squad he inherited from Martin Jol when he took over midway through last season with Blackburn linked with a move for England international goalkeeper Paul Robinson.
However, it will now be 45-year-old Dutchman Moniz, a former member of Spurs' backroom staff who followed Jol to Hamburg, who has the task of trying to take the Germans to a decider against either Atletico Madrid or Liverpool.
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