TBR Football understands that Morgan Gibbs-White has made it clear to Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis that he wants to join Tottenham Hotspur.
Gibbs-White returned to Forest training this morning with his move to Spurs currently being stalled by the Midlands club’s dispute over the player’s release clause.
Tottenham triggered Gibbs-White’s £60m release clause, although Forest claim this was confidential information and want to find out how Spurs knew.
Marinakis was furious that Gibbs-White’s release clause became known to the Lilywhites, as TBR Football revealed, and his legal action will seek to determine how that came about.
Exclusive: Morgan Gibbs-White tells Nottingham Forest he wants Tottenham move
Morgan Gibbs-White has made it clear to Nottingham Forest that he wants to join Tottenham Hotspur, TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey can confirm.
As it stands, Tottenham remain confident that a deal will get done, and TBR Football can confirm that the 25-year-old has informed Evangelos Marinakis he wants to leave.
First, Marinakis wants answers as to how the North London club found out about his £60m release clause, which he is furious about.
However, TBR Football has been told that, given it exists and both the player and Spurs want to activate it, there is little that can be done.
So whilst the midfielder has returned for pre-season training, he has made it clear to Forest that he wants to join Tottenham.
This is part of Marinakis’ anger; he is annoyed that a club the size of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City or even Bayern Munich didn’t come in for him.
City were keen on Gibbs-White, however, Pep Guardiola’s side never formulated their interest in signing the former Wolves player.
The England international is reportedly keen to play under Thomas Frank and also in the Champions League.
Morgan Gibbs-White could be the perfect James Maddison alternative
James Maddison will love that one of his close friends could be joining him at Spurs, however, the 25-year-old could take his place in the team.
Frank might want a player to fill the number ten role in his team who is likely to have a more reliable injury history.
The 28-year-old has missed 24 matches since signing for the North London club back in the summer of 2023 from Leicester City.
The vice captain missed the Europa League final with a knee injury, which left Ange Postecoglou short in terms of a creator.