According to the British media Sky Sports, Nottingham Forest insists that Morgan Gibbs White will not leave the team, but has not yet filed a formal complaint to the Premier League for Tottenham's attempt to contact players. For nearly a year, N...
According to the British media Sky Sports, Nottingham Forest insists that Morgan Gibbs White will not leave the team, but has not yet filed a formal complaint to the Premier League for Tottenham's attempt to contact players.
For nearly a year, Nottingham Forest has been working to negotiate with Gibbs White on a new, better-paid contract, but the players chose not to participate in these negotiations.
Nottingham Forest is preparing to give him a substantial salary increase in exchange for the removal of the termination clause, which will make him one of the club's highest-paid players.
It is reported that Nottingham Forest owner Evan Galos Malinakis is preparing to lose a large amount of money to defend his position that Tottenham is suspected of contacting players in violation of regulations and that Tottenham knows the value of Gibbs White's termination fee, which violates the confidentiality clause.
Tottenham still intends to complete the transfer, but there is still one and a half months left in the summer window, and they are currently taking a wait-and-see attitude.
Tottenham have made it clear that they are ready to pay Gibbs White's termination amount, which is reported to be £60 million.
Spurs are likely to raise their offer above the termination fee level in an attempt to appease Nottingham Forest and reopen communication channels. But there is no sign that Tottenham is ready to do so, and it is not clear whether this will work, as Nottingham Forest boss is currently firm.
From the perspective of Nottingham Forest, Gibbs White's refusal to discuss the new contract shows that he has no long-term commitment to the forest. His current contract has a legal conflict between employer's rights and employee's rights.
Nottingham Forest has a contract agreement that requires the confidentiality of the terms of the Gibbs-White contract, especially its termination fee, so if this is violated, they have a legal basis.
Instead, Gibbs White also has a contract agreement that if another club is willing to pay a certain transfer fee, he can leave Nottingham Forest. Neither party wants to see the matter go to court, but both parties regard it as a possibility.
If you really want to join Tottenham Hotspur, Gibbs White may have to take legal action against Nottingham Forest, claiming that the other party violated the contract to force a transfer.
Gibbs White can choose to strike or submit a formal transfer application. There is no sign that he is ready to do so, and in fact, he returned to pre-season training with other Forest players on Monday as planned. He was training again at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.
It is reported that Tottenham has no plan to take any action at this stage, but they have not given up their attempt to sign Gibbs White. Tottenham thinks that he has done nothing wrong and has done anything different, but first wants to evaluate whether the players are open to it.
Nottingham Forest does not want Gibbs White to be unhappy, but they also do not want to be seen as a seller club or a club with a lack of ambition. Nottingham Forest will lose two of its best players before the start of the season after Elanga's transfer to Newcastle, despite earning £115 million.
Nottingham Forest owners will firmly defend their reputation and the status of the football club, although the existence of the termination clause is indeed worrying.
Malinakis and Tottenham president Levi are one of the toughest negotiators in the Premier League, and neither side is likely to make concessions. Neither Forest nor Tottenham commented on these latest developments.
