Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of securing one of their main transfer targets of the summer window have taken a significant blow.
Spurs moved to sign Mohammed Kudus from West Ham United earlier this month had looked as if they were about to complete a surprise deal.
It seemed like it came from out of nowhere when news broke that Tottenham had triggered Morgan Gibbs-White’s £60m transfer release clause and a medical had been booked at Hotspur Way.
In a remarkable turn of affairs, Forest filed a complaint to the Premier League over Tottenham’s approach for Gibbs-White which put the brakes on the switch to North London.
Tottenham target Morgan Gibbs-White in new contract talks with Nottingham Forest
In a huge blow to Tottenham’s summer transfer plans, David Ornstein has revealed in a piece for The Athletic that Gibbs-White is now in talks with Forest over a new contract and is poised to remain at the club.
Any new contract would expect to remove the current £60m release clause and significantly increase the valuation.
The England international has two years left to run on his existing deal at the City Ground and having also been considered by Manchester City earlier this summer, looks set to remain with Nuno Espirito Santo’s side.
Tottenham fans will be hugely frustrated by the news and feel that the last fortnight of their pursuit of Gibbs-White has been a complete waste of time.
Tottenham once again are in a transfer mess
News of Gibbs-White’s new contract talks will surely all but end any hope of a deal for the midfielder.
With Tottenham having also looked to have passed up any interest in Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze, who is nearing a switch to Arsenal, it looks as if they will have to go back to the drawing board.
Tottenham are flying out to Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon with only Mohammed Kudus in through the door, if you discount the deals for Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso which really is not good enough when you look how clinical some of the other Premier League clubs have been in securing their targets early on in pre-season.
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