Tottenham will no longer be signing Morgan Gibbs-White this summer.
Spurs looked set to swiftly add the England international to the signing of Mohammed Kudus at the beginning of July, triggering the £60m release clause written into his Nottingham Forest contract.
However, the deal stalled as Evangelos Marinakis threatened to report Tottenham to the Premier League over what he deemed to be an illegal approach, and in the meantime, was able to convince Morgan Gibbs-White to sign a new deal.
Now – according to AS in Spain – Tottenham are ready to turn attention towards Rodrygo after this development.
Tottenham move on to Rodrygo
The Spanish news outlet now state that Spurs are going to make attempts to sign the Brazil international after missing out on Gibbs-White.
AS write that Tottenham have just “burst in” to the Rodrygo saga after interest from Arsenal cooled following the signing of Viktor Gyokeres – adding that the north Londoners have money to spend for Thomas Frank.
It is said that Spurs will try to talk Real Madrid down from their current asking price of €90m (£79m) – presumably hoping to negotiate a fee closer to the £60m Daniel Levy was willing to spend on Gibbs-White.
Rodrygo does not seem to be a key player under Xabi Alonso, who handed the South American just 92 minutes of action at the FIFA Club World Cup this summer.
However, AS mention that the Brazilian wants to be told this for certain by the Spaniard during talks before making any decision on joining a new club.
Rodrygo – who Real Madrid signed from Santos for £39m at the age of 17 – has scored 68 goals and provided 51 assists in 270 appearances for the Spanish giants.
Tottenham face competition from Liverpool
Arne Slot has bolstered his squad quite substantially after winning the Premier League title last season, with Liverpool already spending close to £260m on the signings of Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Hugo Ekitike.
More incomings are expected as Bayern Munich close in on the signing of Luis Diaz – with Darwin Nunez also expected to leave.