SPURS look set to miss out on potential target Urby Emanuelson, writes Iain Liddle.

According to media reports the north Londoners were just one of a number of clubs tracking the Ajax defender, who was named Amsterdam talent of the year 2006' after helping his country win the UEFA Under-21 Championships.

But despite reports suggesting he may move on 21-year-old full Holland international Emanuelson has chosen to stick with his current employees so that he can work under Dutch legend Marco van Basten, who is set to take over at the Amsterdam ArenA next season.

"I am in a difficult season, but things have been going a bit better in the last few weeks," Emanuelson told Sportweek magazine "This summer is not the time to make the step. Next season I will play at Ajax.

"I have a contract until the summer of 2011, so I have all the time in the world."