Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb has hit
out at Tottenham and labelled their bid for Stewart Downing
"derisory".
Spurs have been linked with a move for the England winger
for some time and appear keen to step up their interest this
month.
But Lamb insists the Londoners' offer was nowhere near enough to
land Downing.
"It is a derisory offer," he told the News of the World.
"Who on earth do they think they are? They bleated away when
Dimitar Berbatov left for Manchester United in the summer - but
they sold at top dollar.
"Then they want to snatch other players for derisory offers and
try to unsettle players. That is what has happened here. Their
offer is a joke.
"Why would we sell our best players to our nearest rivals?
Stewart is going nowhere."