Tottenham Hotspur are fully up and running in the summer transfer window, but North London rivals Arsenal have also been busy on the transfer front of late.
Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso have joined Tottenham permanently, Kota Takai has just signed, Mohammed Kudus is closing in on a move, and talks are ongoing over Yoane Wissa.
Meanwhile, Arsenal have landed Kepa Arrizabalaga, Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard, while talks are continuing over Noni Madueke, Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres.
Now, David Ornstein has reported that Tottenham have turned their attentions towards another Premier League player who, as it happens, is also wanted by Arsenal.
Tottenham set sights on Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White
Ornstein has taken to X to report that Tottenham have set their sights on Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White.
Just a few days ago, TBR Football relayed a report claiming Gibbs-White is among the players on Arsenal’s radar this summer.
Indeed, Gibbs-White is high on the recruitment lists of several leading clubs, but Spurs now hope to convince him to join them if a deal can be agreed with Forest.
Thomas Frank is said to be a long-term admirer of Gibbs-White, who would get the opportunity to play Champions League football whether he joins Tottenham or Arsenal.
The ‘exceptional’ midfielder with Pep Guardiola’s seal of approval
Gibbs-White has gone from strength to strength at Forest since joining from Wolverhampton Wanderers in a £44.5million deal back in 2022.
He is now considered one of the Premier League’s best midfielders and he also made his England debut in 2024, with four caps now to his name.
Plenty of footballing figures, including Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, have spoken highly of Gibbs-White in recent months.
“Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga are exceptional players,” Guardiola said earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Peter Crouch said on TNT Sports after Forest’s 7-0 win over Brighton: “He’s a modern-day player. Back in our day, players with that ability were almost luxury players.
“But the amount of work he gets through and the pressing – if you want to play a high press he can do that, if you want to sit back he’s transitional and when you win the ball he carries it and invariably picks the right pass.
“[He does] a bit of everything and he does it really well; he can get goals, create goals, he’s very clever in the way he goes down for the penalty – he won’t thank me for saying this – but he accentuates the foul, very intelligent.”