Forest Threaten Legal Action Over Gibbs-White's £60m Spurs Move

Spurs Morgan Gibbs-White told to sue Nottingham Forest over Tottenham transfer Spurs are still hopeful of completing a deal to sign the Morgan Gibbs-White footballlondon Bookmark Share Comments Spurs By Lee Wilmot Head of Football 11:30, 17 JUL 2025 Bookmark Nottingham Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White pictured during international duty with England (Image: Judit Cartiel/Getty Images) Don't miss any of the latest and best Spurs news - sign up to the free Tottenham newsletter for updates straight to your inbox More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Don't miss any of the latest and best Spurs news - sign up to the free Tottenham newsletter for updates straight to your inbox Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice The Morgan Gibbs-White transfer saga looks set to rumble on. Nottingham Forest have written to both Tottenham Hotspur and Gibbs-White's agent threatening them with legal action over what they claim to have been an illegal transfer approach for the player. Spurs attempted to sign the 25-year-old last week and made an approach which triggered the £60million release clause in the midfielder's contract. However, Forest are claiming that an illegal approach was made and believe the confidential nature of that clause was breached with claims that Tottenham submitted a bid worth the exact amount required to trigger it. Forest have been trying for some time to tie the 25-year-old down to a longer contract at the City Ground, with an increased release clause, to no effect in recent months. Spurs remain hopeful of getting a deal over the line to sign the England international but it remains to be seen whether the threat of legal action from Forest merely delays the transfer or stops it from happening completely. Former Tottenham player Jamie O'Hara has been left "disgusted" by the situation and had some words of advice for Gibbs-White, who is understood to only want to sign for Spurs. Speaking to Grosvenor Sport , O'Hara said: " Morgan Gibbs-White should go to the PFA, he should sue Nottingham Forest, and he should refuse to train. This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Sky Sports deal Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL package Sky has slashed the price of its Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle ahead of the 2025/26 season, saving members £192 and offering more than 1,400 live matches across the Premier League, EFL and more. Sky will show at least 215 live Premier League games next season, an increase of up to 100 more. £35 Sky Get Sky Sports here "He has signed a contract and there’s a release clause of £60million in there. He knows it’s in there, his agent knows it’s in there and Nottingham Forest know that it’s in there. He has agreed to that contract on those terms, whether he has become a better player at Forest that is worth more than £60million, that’s on him. "Now when someone finds out about the release clause, which happens every day in football, people find stuff out and agents talk, Nottingham Forest suddenly decide they can’t have that, and the clause is confidential? What do you mean confidential? It's a release clause in a player’s contract; he’s entitled to know about it and tell people about it. What is going on here? "Evangelos Marinakis has had an absolute stinker and his club are going to lose Morgan Gibbs-White for £60million because he’s done better than they expected and someone found out. It’s a disgrace." Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Football London Facebook X (Twitter) Comment More On Morgan Gibbs-White Spurs Spurs transfer news Nottingham Forest

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The Morgan Gibbs-White transfer saga looks set to rumble on.

Nottingham Forest have written to both Tottenham Hotspur and Gibbs-White's agent threatening them with legal action over what they claim to have been an illegal transfer approach for the player.

Spurs attempted to sign the 25-year-old last week and made an approach which triggered the £60million release clause in the midfielder's contract. However, Forest are claiming that an illegal approach was made and believe the confidential nature of that clause was breached with claims that Tottenham submitted a bid worth the exact amount required to trigger it.

Forest have been trying for some time to tie the 25-year-old down to a longer contract at the City Ground, with an increased release clause, to no effect in recent months.

Spurs remain hopeful of getting a deal over the line to sign the England international but it remains to be seen whether the threat of legal action from Forest merely delays the transfer or stops it from happening completely.

Former Tottenham player Jamie O'Hara has been left "disgusted" by the situation and had some words of advice for Gibbs-White, who is understood to only want to sign for Spurs.

Speaking to Grosvenor Sport , O'Hara said: " Morgan Gibbs-White should go to the PFA, he should sue Nottingham Forest, and he should refuse to train.

"He has signed a contract and there’s a release clause of £60million in there. He knows it’s in there, his agent knows it’s in there and Nottingham Forest know that it’s in there. He has agreed to that contract on those terms, whether he has become a better player at Forest that is worth more than £60million, that’s on him.

"Now when someone finds out about the release clause, which happens every day in football, people find stuff out and agents talk, Nottingham Forest suddenly decide they can’t have that, and the clause is confidential? What do you mean confidential? It's a release clause in a player’s contract; he’s entitled to know about it and tell people about it. What is going on here?

"Evangelos Marinakis has had an absolute stinker and his club are going to lose Morgan Gibbs-White for £60million because he’s done better than they expected and someone found out. It’s a disgrace."