Boro Chief Blasts Tottenham Downing Offer
By Steve Goldby
August 26 2006
Boro Chief Executive Keith Lamb tonight blasted Tottenham for going public with a "derisory" bid for Stewart Downing and also confirmed that Boro have expressed an interest in signing Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon.
Tottenham coach Martin Jol confirmed on Sky TV after Spurs' defeat to Everton that they have made another bid for Downing. Boro are believed to have already rejected several bids from Spurs for Downing.
Spurs are now understood to have offered £10million for the player and are currently waiting for an answer from Middlesbrough. Lamb confirmed that they will be waiting a long time.
Jol said "We made a very good bid for him. Our highest bid to be honest."
Speaking on Boro's official website, Lamb made known the club's anger about the way Spurs had decided to tell the media about their interest in one of Boro's key players, who is contracted to his hometown club on a long-term basis.
"Steve Gibson and I are appalled at the way Tottenham conduct their business," he said. "We are shocked and disappointed that they should talk publicly about their interest in one of our players.
"They have not made a £10m offer for Stewart - and would be wasting their time if they did. In actual fact, they made a derisory offer.
"I won't even be responding to the bid because they knew in advance that it would be unacceptable.
"We can only consider that it was a mischievous attempt to unsettle Stewart and cause a problem between the player and his hometown club.
"If that is the case, it won't succeed - and we won't be giving their offer even the courtesy of a rejection.
"We would be more interested in buying Aaron Lennon from Spurs than selling Stewart because we remain extremely ambitious to take this club forward."
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