{"id":95979,"date":"2025-07-27T05:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95979\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:51:09","slug":"morgan-gibbs-white-signs-new-contract-at-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95979\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Gibbs-White signs new contract at Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE \u2014 <\/strong>So I guess I was a little behind on the news. Gibbs-White has apparently signed the new deal through 2028 and Forest have announced it on their social media channels. The Tottenham Hotspur move is now officially off.<\/p>\n

Incredible.<\/p>\n

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A statement of intent from our owner Evangelos Marinakis, as Morgan Gibbs-White signs a record deal at the Club until the summer of 2028. pic.twitter.com\/WhvuhecdhI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) July 26, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mean, you almost have to laugh. David Ornstein is reporting in the Athletic this afternoon that \u00a360m Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> transfer target, England international, and Nottingham Forest attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White is now apparently in discussions with Forest over a new and improved contract.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really need to recap all that\u2019s gone on between Tottenham and Forest over Gibbs-White over the past few weeks, but just in case you\u2019re reading this after coming out of a coma or something, let\u2019s do it. Gibbs-White was the subject of a \u00a360m transfer bid by Tottenham two weeks ago, a figure that, not-so-coincidentally, happened to meet a \u201csuper sekkrit\u201d release clause in MGW\u2019s contract. Gibbs-White was apparently keen on the move and a physical was scheduled, only for Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis to throw a hissy-fit, accuse Tottenham of an \u201cillegal approach,\u201d and threaten to report Spurs to the Premier League. It\u2019s not clear whether he actually did that or not, but Spurs have been keeping quiet with the understanding that this was a delay tactic and MGW would be wearing Lilywhite before too long. <\/p>\n

Gibbs-White, meanwhile, has kept his head down, reporting for Forest\u2019s warm-weather training trip in Portugal and not demanding his transfer be upheld.<\/p>\n

If Gibbs-White were to sign a new contract at Forest, that would pretty much put an end to everything, though one wonders if Spurs would have any recourse to sue or report Forest for meddling. Forest, meanwhile, say Spurs were underhanded on how they were able to discover \u201cconfidential details\u201d of Gibbs-White\u2019s contract (spoiler: it was his agent). <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big mess all around.<\/p>\n

Now, look \u2014 I wasn\u2019t wild about the Gibbs-White purchase to begin with, not because he\u2019s not a good player, but because I didn\u2019t think he was necessarily worth the quoted price when there are comperable or better players available for cheaper. I\u2019ve also long been on the \u201clet\u2019s just move on to other targets\u201d bandwagon once the kerfluffle between Spurs and Forest really kicked off.<\/p>\n

But it is ironic that the one time Tottenham actually do \u201cjust effing spend the money Levy\u201d they STILL might not get the player they want. Silly season!<\/p>\n