Vertonghen resigned to Ajax stay

Tottenham's hopes of signing Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen are fading due to a clause in his Ajax contract.

Vertonghen is entitled to 15% of the agreed £9.5million transfer deal under the terms of his deal with the Dutch champions. Ajax have indicated their reluctance to honour the clause and, while the 25-year-old still seeks a move to White Hart Lane, he is resigned to staying in Amsterdam.

"This is a shame. I thought that it would be sorted out much sooner," he told Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. "As it looks now, I'll be at Ajax on July 2. I'm hoping for a solution, but I'm not expecting a solution."

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