Tottenham manager Juande Ramos has stated that he has not had any contact with Barcelona over Dimitar Berbatov, but refused to rule out the fact that the Bulgarian could still leave.

The Lilywhites' head coach explained where the North London club stand in the summer transfer dealings and hinted that he could be biding his time until the major clubs in Europe have finished buying and selling.

Berbatov has been at the centre of much speculation over the summer with Manchester United and now Barcelona said to be interested, but Ramos was insistent that the Blaugrana had made no contact.

"Nobody from Barca has asked me about Berbatov. There has been no movement on that front. All I know is what I read in the papers," he told Sport.

"We will have to wait and see what happens. It is a question of waiting a bit more and then we will see how things turn out.

"All I can say about that is that I know nothing about it either. We have a list of forwards and we are working on that, not on what journalists or agents are saying.

"Many things have been said and half of them are just not true. The representatives are doing their job at this stage. "

Tottenham have been linked to a host of players since the end of last season and have already signed several big names, including Heurelho Gomes, Luka Modric, Giovani Dos Santos and David Bentley and Ramos hinted that there could be more.

"If we look at things along general lines then Tottenham are the club that has been the busiest this summer," he continued.

"All the major clubs will finish changing their squads next week. The Champions League starts then and some leagues too.

"I do not expect many surprises, but there could be some interesting late moves."

In recent days, the north London outfit are said to have been locked in talks to sign Zenit St Petersburg's Russian star Andrei Arshavin, but Ramos was keen to state that no deal had yet been done.

"The truth is that Tottenham have not signed Arshavin. I cannot say whether a deal is close or a long way off, but I have to repeat that we have not signed him," he added.

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