Spurs have agreed a €12million deal in principle with Ajax for Vertonghen, but the Dutch side are not keen to pay the Belgian defender’s right to 15 per cent of the transfer fee.
Vertonghen has agreed personal terms and passed a medical at Tottenham.
“This is a shame. I thought that it would be sorted out much sooner,” the Belgian 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.
“I have one advantage: Ajax have got a good coach who knows me. I play in a good, stable squad. Let’s become champions with Ajax for the third time in a row.”
“I’m shocked. The percentage is correct. It’s unbelievable. I know that at Ajax a lot of things are leaking. When you hear it about other football players, you don’t feel it. It’s different when it’s about yourself,” he added.
