Nottingham Forest have officially accused Tottenham Hotspur of making an “illegal approach” for the club’s talismanic playmaker Morgan Gibbs-White, a report has revealed.
In a shock turn of events, Spurs reportedly triggered the £60 million ($81.5 million) release clause which existed in Gibbs-White’s contract. It was then claimed that an enraged Nottingham Forest were considering legal action against their Premier League rivals regarding their approach.
Forest have now formalised that complaint, have reported. The club which finished seventh in last season’s Premier League table claim that the only way Tottenham could possibly have discovered the exact value of Gibbs-White’s release clause is through a “breach in confidentiality”.
This complaint to the Premier League has “halted” all proceedings. Gibbs-White’s Tottenham medical had been scheduled for last Friday only for the club’s vice-captain to then appear at Forest’s pre-season training session on Monday.
There is no timeline for a decision from the Premier League, but past precedent puts Gibbs-White’s future in extreme doubt. Liverpool were accused of a similar offence by Southampton following their interest for Virgil van Dijk in 2017. The Reds had to formally apologise and wait another six months before eventually securing the Dutch defender.
