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Elanga gone and Gibbs-White going? Nottingham Forest are ready to fig…
archived 13 Jul 2025 05:11:59 UTC
Elanga gone and Gibbs-White going? Nottingham Forest are ready to fight after transfer shock
Nuno Espirito Santo's side returned to action on Saturday but it is off-field events that are dominating thoughts at the City Ground
www.nytimes.com
Probably most relevant bit to us is this
"Forest are not naive about the way these things work, but they are asking questions over how supposedly confidential details of Gibbs-White’s contract were seemingly known by Spurs, who offered the exact amount required to trigger his release. Tottenham declined to comment on the matter when approached by The Athletic.
The result of Forest’s complaints to the Premier League over what they believe to be an illegal approach and their threats of potential legal action may only ultimately delay things, rather than halt them. But they do not want to be seen to be easily allowing their most influential player to depart, at a time when they have just reluctantly sold Anthony Elanga to Newcastle United for £52million."
He will definitely be leaving us, no doubt about it. The fact that he agreed terms with you so quickly shows he is keen on the move. Him and his Mrs love London, that ticks another box. All that needs sorting out now is the transfer. If there is no foul play then it should get resolved at some point during the week. If there is then I still think the deal is on the cards, just Marinakis might want paying a bit more to get it done. Lots to unpick but think its apparent Morgan wont play for us again. Will be interesting to see if he reports for training tomorrow as the international lot are back tomorrow morn.
The only risk is if another club comes in for him. But since hes agreed personal terms with you already (and the speed of which it appears to have happened), I think that also works in your favour as well.
Anyone with a daft name like that is bound to be a bit dodge!
‘Super Agent?!’
If ever there was something that makes sense it is this, true itk or not. No idea if it gets tied up or not but the sudden links to Wharton makes me wonder if we’ve gone cold. Different players of course but I can’t see us spending on both.
I'm hoping this means you were joking and it was just lost in the written word?
How funny would it be if the "exact amount" was a nice round number, like, say, £60mElanga gone and Gibbs-White going? Nottingham Forest are ready to fig…
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Elanga gone and Gibbs-White going? Nottingham Forest are ready to fight after transfer shock
Nuno Espirito Santo's side returned to action on Saturday but it is off-field events that are dominating thoughts at the City Ground
Probably most relevant bit to us is this
"Forest are not naive about the way these things work, but they are asking questions over how supposedly confidential details of Gibbs-White’s contract were seemingly known by Spurs, who offered the exact amount required to trigger his release. Tottenham declined to comment on the matter when approached by The Athletic.
The result of Forest’s complaints to the Premier League over what they believe to be an illegal approach and their threats of potential legal action may only ultimately delay things, rather than halt them. But they do not want to be seen to be easily allowing their most influential player to depart, at a time when they have just reluctantly sold Anthony Elanga to Newcastle United for £52million."
Cause let's be real, without a release clause, he's probably worth a fair bit more.
It's entirely conceivable that we would pick a round number, below market value to either make it look like we tried or start the ball rolling.
If it is, in fact a round number, it could just as easily be a total utter fluke.
If it was £61,738,219.73 then sure, we've been fed info
Not likely though, is it?
Gray is further along than people are giving him credit for.
They are associating his whole season last year with a few token performances at the end of free season playing #6 in a dysfunctional, heavily rotated team that lost games.
It’s all good though, they have short memories both ways and will forget those games pretty quickly this year.
Seems like the argument is all around that to be honest. If the player wants to leave and push it through then they may have to do something like dropping a loyalty bonus (which we will then presumably pick up at some point) to get it done. It will be either about money or saving face in the end. I’m sure news will come out suddenly in the next few days if Forest chill out and open up communication again. They have to really, the football market only really exists through cooperation. If forest want one of our players in the future then they won’t want this hanging over them. I caveat this post with their chairman behaviour etc being common knowledge.
Elanga gone and Gibbs-White going? Nottingham Forest are ready to fig…
archived 13 Jul 2025 05:11:59 UTC
Elanga gone and Gibbs-White going? Nottingham Forest are ready to fight after transfer shock
Nuno Espirito Santo's side returned to action on Saturday but it is off-field events that are dominating thoughts at the City Ground
Probably most relevant bit to us is this
"Forest are not naive about the way these things work, but they are asking questions over how supposedly confidential details of Gibbs-White’s contract were seemingly known by Spurs, who offered the exact amount required to trigger his release. Tottenham declined to comment on the matter when approached by The Athletic.
The result of Forest’s complaints to the Premier League over what they believe to be an illegal approach and their threats of potential legal action may only ultimately delay things, rather than halt them. But they do not want to be seen to be easily allowing their most influential player to depart, at a time when they have just reluctantly sold Anthony Elanga to Newcastle United for £52million."
“But they do not want to be seen to be easily allowing their most influential player to depart”
So they know he will depart but they want the optics to look better.
Cool. Just ignore the whole fuss and wait for him to be announced
Football agent Sky Andrew talking about the Morgan Gibbs-White situation (on talkSPORT)...
"A club that has the players registration has the right to demand the £60M upfront, not in installments. The buying club will have to pay the money in the terms what Forest want.
"Morgan Gibbs-White is a £100M player... It’s a case now how much will the club pay for the player and it won't be £60M, it will probably have to be more.
"Forest have to decide what they want to do as once a player says they want to leave its very difficult to keep the player at the club."
View: https://x.com/ChrisCowlin/status/1944298251714539921?t=fCEbFAXL_BkQ2opx-EP4cw&s=19
"A club that has the players registration has the right to demand the £60M upfront, not in installments. The buying club will have to pay the money in the terms what Forest want.
"Morgan Gibbs-White is a £100M player... It’s a case now how much will the club pay for the player and it won't be £60M, it will probably have to be more.
"Forest have to decide what they want to do as once a player says they want to leave its very difficult to keep the player at the club."
View: https://x.com/ChrisCowlin/status/1944298251714539921?t=fCEbFAXL_BkQ2opx-EP4cw&s=19
Morgan Gibbs-White: Nottingham Forest sign Wolves midfielder for club-record £25m plus add-ons
Nottingham Forest sign Morgan Gibbs-White from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a club-record fee of £25m plus add-ons.
www.bbc.co.uk
And Wolves replaced him with Nunes...
During the early stages of the 2023–24 season, Nunes began a dispute with Wolves over his desire to leave the club after they had rejected a transfer bid for him worth £47 million from Manchester City.
Nunes failed to turn up for training with the club, without the permission of manager Gary O'Neil for two consecutive days in a bid to secure a move away from the club, and was subsequently fined
I think that hits the nail on the head.
That prick can shut the fuck up. The player’s contract will deem how the fee is paid, it won’t all of a sudden change to having to be paid in one go. That’s not how legal documents work.
This Forest owner is playing with fire.
If he tries to create and make demands that are seen as entirely excessive, then Forest will undoubtedly be the losers, even if they keep Gibbs-White in the short term.
He might be well-served to just consider the broader context
Mate, think as you wish.
I'm trying to be as diplomatic as possible but it was all within the written word.
It's not me who might be beginning to lose credibility..
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