After Spurs saw two previous offers for the England Under-21s international rejected earlier this summer, the Baggies confirmed that a third and fourth bid were turned down on Tuesday's deadline day, with reports claiming that the north Londoners were offering as little as £5 million in payment up front.
Berahino, seemingly incensed at not being allowed to join Tottenham, took to Twitter to express his frustration and appeared to threaten not to play for the club again.
And Peace blames Spurs for the damage to his player's morale, telling West Brom's official website: "We have a key player who has been very unsettled by antics which were designed to get him out of our club cheaply.
"Those tactics have continued despite my making our position clear in my first conversation with [Tottenham chairman] Daniel Levy on this subject in mid-August.
"I said selling Saido so late in the window was not on our agenda.
"Tottenham's offers failed substantially to reflect Saido's true value while the timing made no allowance for our own recruitment of a suitable replacement for a proven Premier League goalscorer.
"Saido has been unsettled to the point where our head coach has not felt able to select him for our last three games.
"We are now left with the task of repairing the damage created by this unfortunate episode."
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