Wednesday 18 December 2013 10:36, UK
Swiss side FC Basel have denied claims that Tottenham have contacted them about their coach Murat Yakin.
Tim Sherwood has since been placed in caretaker charge and hopes he can encourage an immediate impact, starting with the visit of West Ham to White Hart Lane in the Capital One Cup quarter-final on Wednesday night. Technical director Sherwood takes charge of the first team for the first time hoping to show he is a long-term candidate to succeed Villas-Boas. The former Spurs captain is eager for his side to show their quality against the Hammers, who beat Spurs 3-0 in the Premier League in October in one of a number of results which resulted in Villas-Boas' sacking. "When you lose your manager, it's a change and you've got to listen to a different voice, but I'm hoping to get a few messages across in a short space of time so we can get a positive result against West Ham," Sherwood told Spurs TV. "It's a huge game, especially on the back of what they did to us at the Lane. It was disappointing. "We have to get out there on the front foot and we have to impose ourselves on them as soon as we can during the game."
