Right, even in the constant hurricane of bullshit that is silly season, I have not seen a single suggestion that Spurs bid did not in fact activate a valid release clause in MGW's contract, nor even that Forest is making any attempt to suggest as much. If that were true it would change EVERYTHING and would explain a lot of what has happened in some ways, but the reporting has been extensive that that's not the situation.
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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It would also be nice to not dignify a transfer thread with talk of the pregnancy of a footballers wife,especially one that is not even our own.
World has gone mad.
Forest did not agree to a medical. It did happen without an agreement. That is the point and that is why Forest stopped all contact immediately.
Every release clause is unique to the contract. Did Brentford book a medical straight after submitting a bid for Hutchinson? No, they waited for the club - and Ipswich rejected it because it didn't meet the terms of his apparent release clause even though it was reported they triggered his release clause. That is how you approach deals.
This will all come out over the next few months & it will be Levy at fault.
Wise up, we all know how things go in terms of transfers.
The bottom line is Forret are pissed off because he's worth more than the supposed release clause, and the player has refused to renew terms when the Club has tried countless times to do so.
Tough shit, you agreed to the release clause and now its been met you're throwing your toys out of pram when every Club/agent goes about sounding out these details behind the scenes
What's the point in a release clause from a players perspective if know one can know what it is....it's a moronic take.
It's MGS agent you should be fuming at, but that won't happen because you're praying he doesn't force the issue.
He'll be a Spurs player soon enough
Att least one hasnt given up this deal.
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Thanks for clarifying all the facts of the situation. It is great to have a great discussion based on facts.
Keep coping fellas. I'm sure you will all whip out the insults again now, always the sign of a good argument.
Every post of yours accuses someone here of making assumptions. Then you proceed to make your own assumptions that suit your own agenda.
You think you're impartial and you're not. You think you know what's going on and you don't. No wonder everyone's bored of you on the Forest forum.
Only if we've agreed to the terms of the release clause and can prove it. It seems that we haven't – yet.
It isn't just about offering the right amount, clearly, or he'd be here by now.
But we are loving this
It's a perfect ready made excuse to be trotted out on the 1st September when we've exited another transfer window woefully short on what's needed
This is Christmas come early for Daniel Phillip Levy and his cabal of head polishers
Never really said we shouldn't sell the naming rights. I said we shouldn't sign a 20 year agreement. Which we would be stupid to do.
Unless it was to someone who was coming on as a minority partner and the naming rights were really just a mechanism for juicing the accounts. Which is why I assume they haven't, and won't, be sold until/if that minority partner arrives.
Apparently Forest complained to the Premier League about us but they haven't taken legal action which they were threatening to. They complained about us approaching Gibbs White before talking to Forest (i.e tapping up) and they're not happy about the confidentiality being leaked. Well if they're gonna try and get us for tapping up, good luck because that's how every transfer deal gets done and the PL will throw it out and the confidentiality thing which isn't really on us.
For the record I reckon we did know about this clause, whether it was through an agent leak or through BASE themselves told us but they're gonna have a hard time proving either scenario either way.
BTW it's worth noting that this club are a bunch of Karen's, they complain about everything. They complained to UEFA about Palace, they complained to Sky about Gary Neville, they complained to the PGMOL about refereeing in the Everton and Bournemouth matches, they complained to the Premier League about a goal scored by Ivan Toney ffs
They have real 'I want to speak with your manager' energy, fucking embarrassing club.
If Spurs' bid did not in fact activate the release clause in MGW's contract then there is no dispute here.
Forest could have, and would have, put the whole thing to bed the next morning, and the only mystery would be why it was reported as such in the first place.
It's more or less what's happening though.
I did say caveats if you read my post.
Ive read weve done nothing wrong. Imo theyve caused a big fuss over nothing and reality is they dont want to sell. Theyve made the cock up putting the 60m release clause in by mistake.
How can the fa let this farce go on.Make a decision you run the league not a Greek millionaire not to impressed with Gibbs doing nothing to keep faith with forest fans,If he wants it just sue marinakis for breach of contract or we should move for somebody who really wants to play for us.Go for Grealish
Spurs had a medical booked for the player, so if they didn't activate the clause nor get approval from the club - the dispute is clear.
If we win ineos case we should get a discount for garnacho. Makes sense.