West Brom official: Tottenham's Berahino bid was 'way off the mark'

West Bromwich Albion's sporting and technical director Richard Garlick has labelled Tottenham's bid for Saido Berahino "not acceptable and "way off the mark".

The Baggies rejected a total of four offers from Spurs throughout the transfer window, with chairman Jeremy Peace repeatedly insisting that the striker was not for sale.

And Garlick, discussing the matter at an Albion Assembly fans group meeting, confirmed that none of Tottenham's offers were close to meeting the club's valuation.

"[Berahino] is an ambitious man who wants to push on," Garlick said. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

"[In mid-August] there was an official offer from Tottenham which was not acceptable, was way off the mark, was just rejected out of hand. At the same time that that offer came in there was a transfer request put in by the player.

"There was then a further offer a week later which again was way way off the mark, not only in terms of the amount but also in terms of the payment structure.

"Then that was it, there was lots of too-ing and fro-ing conversations taking place and then it wasn't until deadline day that we received a third offer in the morning and then a final offer in the mid-afternoon, by which stage neither was the offer nor the structure acceptable and we were completely left without being able to get a replacement in for the player.

"That was it really as far as the club was concerned."