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Adam Booth has told Sky Sports News he is 'sick and tired' of dealing with the 'arrogant' Klitschkos, saying they are further away than ever of agreeing to fight David Haye.
Wladimir Klitschko insisted on Monday that he is ready to fight Haye on July 2 in a heavyweight unification fight, despite both men facing title defences in the interim.
But Haye's trainer and manager says negotiations are not even close to being completed and cited Team Klitschko's 'arrogance' as a major stumbling block to staging the potential blockbuster.
"David and me are tired of the publicity that Klitschko keeps continuing to spout," Booth said.
"I haven't heard anything from the Klitschkos since the new year when they told me they were going to be fighting Dereck Chisora next instead of David, after having giving them everything they wanted.
"(It was) a total waste of time, we never got to the contract stage and it's so far from being a completed deal because they were looking for any reason not to make the fight last time we negotiated.
"They said 50-50 we said 'fine', even though David brings more to the table, they said it has to be on RTL even though RTL would pay less than our German broadcaster, so we said 'fine', how much are you putting into the pot from RTL, and they say 'we're not telling you'.
"It's one-upmanship publicity and it's just a bit tedious and a bit tiring as far as i'm concerned.
"That's the kind of logic you get when you're dealing with that level of arrogance."
Booth insisted Haye is happy to get in the ring with the WBO and IBF champion but will not shirk his responsibilities as the WBA title holder.
"David is a WBA champion and if they think the WBA are going to let their championship sit and rot on the shelf, while he goes about his business, that's just another indication of how arrogant they are," he added.
"They don't know how to negotiate a 50-50 fight because they've never been involved in one.
"He had 50-50, walking out second, being in the red corner...David just wanted to get into the ring.
"Even then he said, no thanks we're going to fight Dereck Chisora. Then he came out with excuses like it was Sky's fault for not pushing Amir Khan's fight around.
"The level of arrogance is unbelievable and we're sick and tired it. If he wants the fight, get into the ring with David next.
"David's fighting in May, Wladimir's fighting in April. That gives David enough time to fight in October, if Wladimir wants to get in the ring with him.
"But the negotiations we had last time was the first time I believed he doesn't want to get in the ring with David."
Wladimir Klitschko insisted on Monday that he is ready to fight Haye on July 2 in a heavyweight unification fight, despite both men facing title defences in the interim.
But Haye's trainer and manager says negotiations are not even close to being completed and cited Team Klitschko's 'arrogance' as a major stumbling block to staging the potential blockbuster.
"David and me are tired of the publicity that Klitschko keeps continuing to spout," Booth said.
"I haven't heard anything from the Klitschkos since the new year when they told me they were going to be fighting Dereck Chisora next instead of David, after having giving them everything they wanted.
"(It was) a total waste of time, we never got to the contract stage and it's so far from being a completed deal because they were looking for any reason not to make the fight last time we negotiated.
"They said 50-50 we said 'fine', even though David brings more to the table, they said it has to be on RTL even though RTL would pay less than our German broadcaster, so we said 'fine', how much are you putting into the pot from RTL, and they say 'we're not telling you'.
"It's one-upmanship publicity and it's just a bit tedious and a bit tiring as far as i'm concerned.
"That's the kind of logic you get when you're dealing with that level of arrogance."
Booth insisted Haye is happy to get in the ring with the WBO and IBF champion but will not shirk his responsibilities as the WBA title holder.
"David is a WBA champion and if they think the WBA are going to let their championship sit and rot on the shelf, while he goes about his business, that's just another indication of how arrogant they are," he added.
"They don't know how to negotiate a 50-50 fight because they've never been involved in one.
"He had 50-50, walking out second, being in the red corner...David just wanted to get into the ring.
"Even then he said, no thanks we're going to fight Dereck Chisora. Then he came out with excuses like it was Sky's fault for not pushing Amir Khan's fight around.
"The level of arrogance is unbelievable and we're sick and tired it. If he wants the fight, get into the ring with David next.
"David's fighting in May, Wladimir's fighting in April. That gives David enough time to fight in October, if Wladimir wants to get in the ring with him.
"But the negotiations we had last time was the first time I believed he doesn't want to get in the ring with David."
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