The Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb has criticised Tottenham Hotspur's bid for England winger Stewart Downing.
The Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has spoken of his desire to sign Downing, but Lamb says that the north London club are yet to prepare a serious offer for the player.
He told the News of the World: "It is a derisory offer. 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."
