LONDON (AFP) - Spurs were on Sunday accused of making an illegal approach to Juande Ramos in their determination to lure the Sevilla coach to White Hart Lane.

The accusation comes 24 hours after Ramos quit Sevilla and was appointed as the successor to Martin Jol who was sacked by Tottenham on Friday.

The tapping up charge was made by Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido who plans to report the ailing Premier League side to football's governing bodies.

Del Nido told the Sunday Express: "If Spurs wanted Ramos they had to speak to me, but they approached him directly.

"They have acted incorrectly and I shall report them to FIFA and UEFA to defend my rights."

Spurs infamously first approached Ramos on the first week of the season when club officials famously met him at the Alfonso XIII hotel in Sevilla.

The aggrieved Spanish side are reportedly claiming 3.3 million pounds compensation for losing the man who led them to successive UEFA Cup wins.

Also Sunday in a bizarre twist to the drawn out saga of Jol's sacking the Dutchman revealed that the first he heard he was out of a job was from his nephew Rob seconds after Thursday's UEFA Cup loss to Getafe.

Reports that Jol had been dismissed filtered through to supporters at White Hart Lane during Spurs' first group game at White Hart Lane, who chanted his name in support.

And Jol, in an interview with The People, said: "The first I knew was when I saw my nephew in the tunnel immediately after the game and he pulled me to one side and told me what everyone else seemed to know already.

"So it is rubbish to say that I heard it before the game."

Jol countered claims that he had been shabilly treated by Tottenham and its chairman Daniel Levy.

"I don't have a problem with Daniel or the club because they treated me very well throughout my time there.

"I am going to have a few weeks off but I would love to stay in English football.

"I have a house here, my daughter is settled in school and we love it in England."