Tottenham Hotspur could revisit their interest in Morgan Gibbs-White, with a possible £125m January move for the Nottingham Forest and England midfielder reportedly on the table.
Gibbs-White, 26, nearly joined Spurs during the 2025 summer transfer window before that deal collapsed. Now, according to Football Insider, Tottenham have set their sights on going back in, this time with a reported £125m price tag attached.
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Worth being precise here: this is a reported valuation, not confirmed club action. There’s no suggestion in the primary reporting that a bid has actually been submitted, and given how the 2025 saga ended in acrimony rather than a signature, a little caution feels earned rather than cynical.
Spurs have already spent heavily this year rebuilding the squad under Roberto De Zerbi, a spending pattern explored in more detail here, so any fresh nine-figure pursuit would need context against what’s already gone out the door.
Why Tottenham Still Want Gibbs-White
The appeal isn’t hard to trace. Gibbs-White operates centrally and in advanced roles, the kind of creative, ball-carrying profile Spurs have chased before – see also their reported interest in Matt O’Riley as a similar type of midfield solution. That Tottenham nearly got the Gibbs-White deal done last summer tells you the interest was never a passing whim.
The Fee and Timing Obstacles
£125m is a serious number for a January window, and the primary report doesn’t spell out how Forest would react to it. Separately, other reporting has floated Tottenham circling back in 2027 rather than this winter – a different timeframe entirely, and not something to conflate with the January figure being discussed here. Forest’s general reluctance to sell key players adds another layer of difficulty, whichever window ends up being relevant.
Outlook
For now, this sits as a reported possibility rather than an agreed pathway. Whether Tottenham push in January, wait longer, or the £125m figure proves accurate at all, remains genuinely open. Given the history here, Spurs fans have every reason to file this under “watch and see” rather than “book the medical” – a lesson De Zerbi’s recruitment approach has already taught this window.