Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has risked the wrath of Tottenham Hotspur this summer.
It was claimed that Morgan Gibbs-White was set to move to Tottenham in early July, but Marinakis had other ideas.
Spurs briefed the media that they’d activated a £60 million release clause in Gibbs-White’s contract, but that wasn’t the complete story.
Levy tried to get Gibbs-White by paying £60 million over a prolonged period of time using a number of instalments, which didn’t match the terms of the release clause.
Subsequently, Marinakis handed Gibbs-White a new contract, much to the fury of the Spurs fans, with the Forest player signing a new deal with the Reds.
Now, Tottenham fans have been poking fun at Marinakis again, and in true ‘Spursy’ fashion, it’s completely backfired.
Morgan Gibbs-White situation has happened again at Tottenham
Tottenham moved their focus to Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace after their Gibbs-White setback and their fans had become a little bit cocky.
One fan jokingly said on X: “Thank you, Mr Marinakis. Without you, this doesn’t happen.”
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Alongside the picture on social media is a photoshopped image of Eze wearing a Tottenham shirt in anticipation of his supposed move to the club.
However, it’s happened again and after learning of an injury to Kai Havertz, Arsenal of all clubs are now going to pip their fierce rivals to the post when it comes to signing the Crystal Palace star.
A fee of £68 million looks to have been agreed and Eze will join the Gunners tomorrow after he’s played for Palace against Fredrikstad in the UEFA Conference League this evening.
It’s a serious blow to Tottenham’s transfer window, with Thomas Frank keen to bolster his attack following a serious injury sustained by James Maddison in pre-season.
Only this time, it has nothing to do with Mr Marinakis!
Forest have had a better transfer window than Tottenham
Although Forest are set to sign Douglas Luiz and make it eight new recruits for the summer, the Reds have been very savvy with their business.
Arguably, the best piece of business came when Marinakis tempted Gibbs-White to sign a new contract, and he was in brilliant form on Sunday against Brentford.
Spurs might have added Joao Paulinha and Mohammed Kudus, it’s fair to say that Forest’s business has been far more eye-catching this summer.
Arnaud Kalimuendo was linked with Tottenham before signing for Forest, whilst James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson are future talents.
Given the amount of flak that Tottenham fans have given Spurs over the Gibbs-White debacle, it’s hard not to find this situation with Eze completely hilarious.
Now, time is quickly running out for Spurs to bolster their ranks and appease new manager Thomas Frank before the transfer window closes.