The Newcastle boss caused a storm this week when he said the league has become predictable due to the dominance of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.

With this season's Carling Cup under his belt, he has designs on his Tottenham side breaking into the elite group next season.

However, he acknowledges how difficult it will be and sympathises with Keegan over his comments.

"As far as what Keegan said, he's telling the truth to a certain extent, because it is always the same teams at the top in the end," he said.

"He is a man who knows a lot about English football, and will have his reasons for saying that.

"In Spain you have two teams that are constantly in the top four - Barcelona and Real Madrid - and then the other two places are much more open.

"You get teams such as Sevilla, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal and Celta Vigo."

Ramos still feels the Premier League has an edge on the domestic game in Italy and Spain at the moment, adding: "These things go in cycles.

"Right now I think that the Premier League is above all the others, and so you are getting more quality players coming to England."