Jeremy Peace has hit out at Tottenham Hotspur over their attempts to sign Saido Berahino, claiming the London club have undervalued the striker and structured their bids in an unacceptable way. The West Bromwich Albion chairman issued his fourth statement on the matter since Tuesday of last week and in it he once again ruled out the possibility of the player leaving for White Hart Lane.

Tottenham have had offers worth £18m and £22m turned down by Albion for Berahino, who has attempted to force the issue himself by handing in a written transfer request. That was also rejected by his employer. Berahino has missed his team’s last two matches – against Chelsea in the Premier League and Port Vale in the Capital One Cup – as the manager, Tony Pulis, has deemed him to be in the wrong frame of mind to play.

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Peace was also critical of the timing of Tottenham’s two bids, saying they gave him no time to find a replacement. He met with Berahino at Albion’s training ground on Thursday to tell the 22-year-old he would be staying put at the club. Berahino is very upset over the situation.

Tottenham are baffled by Peace’s accusations and there is no little anger behind the scenes at White Hart Lane. As far as they are concerned, they opened talks with Albion well before they made their opening offer on Tuesday of last week and the way they have structured the payments for Berahino is no different to how Albion have proposed to pay for Federico Fazio, the Tottenham centre-half whom Pulis wants to sign. Albion have offered a package worth £5m for him. That deal is obviously now in jeopardy.

Tottenham have noted how Albion have signed two new strikers this summer – Rickie Lambert and Salomón Rondón – to go with their existing options in Brown Ideye and Victor Anichebe while they accept no blame for how Berahino has become unsettled. It has been West Brom who have made public the bids for him and how he put in a transfer request, which has made things difficult between him and the fans. Tottenham cannot understand why Peace has sought to make everything so public.

Spurs are ready to move on and are close to finalising the £22m signing of Son Heung-min from Bayer Leverkusen. The South Korean is recognised more as a goal-scoring attacking midfielder, who tends to play off the left but can operate in any of the positions behind the striker. Mauricio Pochettino, the Tottenham manager, also believes he could be an option as a striker. Son has undergone his medical at Tottenham and he has been at Spurs to finalise his personal terms.

Berahino appears unlikely to join him now the West Brom chairman has had his say. “I have informed Saido that he will not be transferred during this summer window and that he is staying at the club,” said Peace.

“As I have made clear from the moment Tottenham lodged their first bid for Saido on August 18, selling our top goalscorer was never on our agenda this summer. Our plans have always been based on Saido being part of our squad for the 2015-16 season.

“But there are two other good reasons why he will not be sold. Firstly, had we ever entertained the notion of selling him, we have not received an offer anywhere near attractive enough from Tottenham Hotspur. Not only have the offers been too low as a valuation of the player but they have been based on stage payments and add-ons over a long period, which do nothing to reflect Saido’s ability and potential.”

Peace went on to criticise the timing of the bids, although, by Tottenham’s standards, they have not actually been that late. Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, is renowned for making moves as late as deadline day.

Peace said: “I have the greatest respect for Daniel Levy but he must surely appreciate we would have needed to replace Saido had he left and no consideration of that position has been reflected by Tottenham’s strategy.

“It has contributed to our completing our last two games without a key player. I have spoken to Saido and of course I have sympathy for him. He has been unsettled and distracted by all this and I understand that. But I have strongly advised him to put this behind him and get back to what he does best, which is to work hard for the team and score goals for Albion.”