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The Sun
19 hours ago
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- The Sun
Tottenham and Nottingham Forest locked in Morgan Gibbs-White standoff as dispute over £60m release clause explained
TOTTENHAM and Nottingham Forest are engaged in a battle of brinkmanship over Morgan Gibbs-White. Forest issued legal complaints to Spurs and Gibbs-White's representatives after the North Londoners thought they had triggered a £60million release clause to buy the England man. 4 The Tricky Trees are arguing they did not give permission to approach their talisman. While they all cite breach of confidentiality of the release clause, given they did not tell Tottenham of its existence. They are yet to take their formal complaint to the Premier League, who would be obliged to investigate any objection they receive. The fact that Gibbs-White is still a Forest player raises the question as to whether all the conditions of the release clause have been met. Some release clauses are not as simple as paying a specific figure. For example, they can also have conditions involving the payment plan or stipulations involving who the buying club is. Theoretically, if Spurs have not met those conditions but suddenly now do, it would add further weight to Forest 's breach of confidentiality argument, which could explain why the move is currently in limbo. Having already sold key winger Anthony Elanga to Newcastle for £55m, Forest are not under financial pressure to sell and would prefer to keep Gibbs-White. They have been attempting to extend his contract for the last year, but it is understood that MGW and his representatives have thus far not been interested in entering negotiations. Gibbs-White, 25, trained today as normal during Forest's pre-season. What's next in Gibbs-White to Tottenham saga? | Transfers Exposed The belief is that he is still likely to become a Spurs player this summer, but it is a matter of who blinks first between Forest and Tottenham. 4 TRANSFER NEWS LIVE - KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST FROM A BUSY SUMMER WINDOW 4


New York Times
21 hours ago
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- New York Times
Aston Villa's Jacob Ramsey attracting interest from Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey is of interest to Nottingham Forest. Forest's interest in Ramsey comes with Tottenham Hotspur bidding for their attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White. The Athletic previously reported that Tottenham pushed to get Ramsey last summer but could not complete a deal. Advertisement The 24-year-old is a Villa academy graduate, representing pure bookable profit for the West Midlands club if he is sold. While Ramsey's salary is manageable, a sale would further help Villa in their battle to reduce their wage bill below 70 per cent of overall turnover, complying with UEFA's guidelines and, in July, Villa were fined by UEFA for breaching its financial rules. At the start of the summer, Villa's wage bill stood in the mid-eighties, though have been gradually trimming this figure since. However, Ramsey would serve as 'club-trained', which Villa need when registering players in this season's squad for their Europa League campaign. It remains to be seen as to whether Villa would sanction a sale, with Unai Emery a firm advocate of the midfielder's ability and the club wanting to move on other players, such as Alex Moreno, Leander Dendoncker and Leon Bailey. Ramsey made his league debut in September 2020 as a 19-year-old and has made 167 senior appearances for Villa. Last season, the Englishman played 45 games across all competitions. He registered one goal and five assists over 29 appearances in the Premier League, having struggled with injuries. The Athletic reported on July 10 that Forest midfielder Gibbs-White was set for a medical at Tottenham, in line to follow wingers Anthony Elanga and Ramon Sosa leaving the club this summer. Analysis by Nottingham Forest correspondent Paul Taylor Forest's need to bolster their attacking arsenal was already increased by the £52m sale of Elanga to Newcastle. Although it is Gibbs-White who Ramsey would be more of a replacement for. It remains to be seen whether Gibbs-White will complete a move to London, after Forest were upset by the manner of Tottenham's £60m bid for their most influential player. Advertisement But the versatile attacking player, who can play wide on the left or in the number 10 role that Gibbs-White has made his own, would perfectly fit Forest's recruitment model, as a relatively young player who would still improve. Ramsey was on the radar of England manager Thomas Tuchel last season and playing regular football at Forest could aid his international ambitions. The fact that he can play in more than one position would also be an important factor for head coach Nuno Espirito Santo, who values such attributes in his players. Forest have already bolstered their options in the final third with the addition of Igor Jesus from Botafogo, while they remain keen on Brentford's Yoane Wissa. But Ramsey could also be an astute addition, if the club can get a deal over the line.


BBC News
a day ago
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- BBC News
Why are Tottenham chasing Gibbs-White?
While Tottenham's move for Morgan Gibbs-White remains uncertain as Nottingham Forest consider legal action over Spurs' approach for the midfielder, it is understandable why the club are so keen to land 25-year-old's talent has been clear to see after establishing himself as one of the Reds' star players since his move from Wolves in August 2022, consistently providing an attacking contributed seven goals and eight assists in 34 league games last season as he helped Forest secure European doing so, he became the only player to tally 10 or more goal involvements in three consecutive Premier League seasons for the club. He was also directly involved in more than a quarter of the Reds' goals in the league in 2024-25 (15 of 58 – 25.9%).The England international may not always top the stats for goals scored or assists provided, but it is his overall contributions to the team finding the net that stands was Forest's second top scorer after Chris Wood (20) and had the second most assists after Anthony Elanga (11), but, with 51, Gibbs-White created more chances for the side than any other this was not just a one-off in an overall impressive campaign for East Midland's midfielder has regularly been the most creative player in the Forest team as they have battled to stay in the top flight, creating the most chances for them in 2022-23 (66) and 2023-24 (71).His importance to the attack is emphasised further by him playing a role in the most open-play shot-ending sequences in 2024-25 for the club (148), whether that be a shot, creating the chance or the build up to the shot (as shown in the graph).And when it came to getting the ball up the pitch last term, no other Forest player had more progressive passes than Gibbs-White's 125. In fact, no team-mate reached 100, and the only Spurs player to make more was Pedro Porro (129).Playing 82% of his minutes in a number 10 role last season means Gibbs-White could provide tough competition for the likes of James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski in the Tottenham side if he was to make the having missed just eight league games since the start of the 2022-23 campaign, his reliability may be more valuable than any other stat in a team that struggled so much with injuries over the past year.


BBC News
a day ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'Forest have always improved on the players they have lost'
BBC Sport football news reporter Nick Mashiter has been answering your asked: Why are Nottingham Forest offloading their best players? They don't need the money, they have European football. It doesn't make any answered: With Forest and Anthony Elanga and Morgan Gibbs-White - to a certain extent - every player has got a Elanga, they didn't want to sell, he didn't push for a move and he was obviously key to what Forest did last season and would have been going forward, but £55m - close to £60m with add-ons - is too good to turn this is a player that they signed for £13.5m from Manchester United two seasons ago so it represents a huge with Gibbs-White, obviously there is a release clause there so the club are relatively powerless to stop that going are seeing Forest unhappy with how things have gone with Tottenham and they have been considering their legal options. But, if there is a release clause there, it is going to be very difficult to keep him unless the player says he does not want to sounds very very boring, but Forest know exactly what they are sounds strange when you are selling two of your best players, but they have targets - long-term targets in the likes of PSV Eindhoven's Johan Bakayoko, James McAtee of Manchester City and Liverpool's Harvey was on the list when they signed Elanga initially. So, I think it is a case of 'trust the process' with Forest because over the past couple of years they have shown they know what they are is worth pointing out that Forest have always improved on what they had. Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi came in for a combined £16.5m and they replaced Brennan Johnson, who went to Tottenham for about £ have improved since then. That was two years ago and they have done the same. Orel Mangala left, Elliot Anderson came in. Moussa Niakhate left and Murillo came they have always improved on the players they have more of the Q&A with our football news reporting team here


The Independent
a day ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Morgan Gibbs-White transfer to Tottenham stalls as midfielder trains with Nottingham Forest
Morgan Gibbs-White trained with Nottingham Forest today as his transfer to Tottenham continues to stall. The England international was set for a medical in north London on Friday after Spurs were understood to have triggered Gibbs-White's £60 million release clause. However, Forest have accused Spurs of contacting Gibbs-White directly before going to the club. They were left furious after what they consider a breach of confidentiality on the release clause and direct contact with their player. Forest opened a legal case against Spurs and do not plan to liaise with them again until the matter is resolved. It is understood Forest have not made an official complaint to the Premier League as things stand, though the governing body may get involved to oversee the matter. Gibbs-White returned to pre-season training on Monday and again trained on Tuesday, despite reports to the contrary on social media. The 25-year-old has two years left on his contract at the City Ground and the club have been keen to go to the negotiating table over a bumper long-term contract, with a significant pay rise. However, Gibbs-White has refused to enter talks and now clearly sees his future elsewhere. Gibbs-White joined Forest for £25m in the summer of 2022 following their promotion to the Premier League and was instrumental in delivering European football to Forest for the first time since 1996, with seven goals and eight assists in 34 Premier League games. He was on Manchester City 's radar earlier this summer but Pep Guardiola 's side moved on to different targets. Tottenham have been approached for comment.