Toby Alderweireld is ready to run down his Spurs contract if he is priced out of a move to Manchester United this summer.

The Belgium World Cup defender remains available for transfer before next Thursday's 5pm transfer deadline.

Tottenham are expected to demand anything up to £75million - a figure that has left United unwilling to do business.

Alderweireld, 29, is keen to move to Old Trafford — to such an extent he is ready to snub a transfer elsewhere if he does not get it.

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His contract runs until 2019, but Tottenham have an option to extend it by a year.

In doing so however, they will still be big losers.

That's because triggering the extension would activate a release clause allowing him to leave for £25m during a two-week period at the end of next year’s summer window.

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Last season, the two parties failed to reach agreement over a new contract — Spurs were offering a £130,000 a week, but his representatives wanted £50,000 more.

Tottenham believe they are justified in demanding top dollar for Alderweireld, who joined them in July 2015 from Atletico Madrid for £11.5million after an impressive loan spell with Southampton.

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With him in the side, they achieved the best defensive record in the Premier League by the end of the subsequent two seasons — joint-first with, ironically, Man United.

Injuries and that contract wrangle saw him start only 20 matches last season, but Alderweireld is still widely regarded as the best defender in the Premier League when fully fit.