Tottenham head coach Juande Ramos believes Aaron Lennon has the pace to trouble any defence but admits the winger needs work on his crossing.Lennon, 20, was billed as David Beckham's successor when he went to the 2006 World Cup - but two years later he is not in the England squad.

Getting past the full-back has never been a problem but he struggles for accuracy with his delivery.

"Everyone has to polish things in their game and improve things, Lennon just has to improve in that particular area," Ramos said.

"Sometimes you have a player whose performance is way below what they are capable of but you have to be patient, these players have good qualities and they are going to come through it.

"He has some attributes which are very hard to find in players. It's particularly his pace and it is something he has to take advantage of. It's difficult to find players with that level of pace."

Despite his shortcomings, Ramos has only dropped Lennon once and has rested him on other occasions.

The young winger could be unleashed on Newcastle on Sunday at White Hart Lane when Spurs look for momentum to take into next season.

Ramos has embraced the task of breaking into the top four of the Premier League and has called for continued financial backing to build a squad capable of it.

The Spaniard arrived at White Hart Lane last October and won the Carling Cup within four months, with the cost of luring him from Sevilla reducing Spurs' profits in their interim financial results.

In announcing the figures, chairman Daniel Levy stated ambitions of establishing Spurs as a "main contender" under Ramos.

Ramos said: "I'm very happy that the chairman has expressed that opinion, that he wants the team to progress.

"If, on a sporting level, the club has to be more ambitious then we have to prepare the team in order to fight to get into the top four.

"If that is the objective of the club then I'm delighted."

Spurs finished fifth in the last two seasons but there were doubts whether Martin Jol could take them to the next level, leading to the messy recruitment of Ramos.

The departure of Jol, assistant Chris Hughton and goalkeeper coach Hans Segers - with Ramos and his staff taking over - were factors for the decrease in profits for the last six months of 2007, from £14.2million to £9.9million.

"The decrease in profit from operations before player trading and amortisation reflects one-off costs including the changes to football management made during the period," confirmed Levy.

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