Nottingham Forest His adamant Morgan Gibbs-White does not leave the club, but still has to submit a formal complaint to the Premier League about the behavior of Tottenham Hotspur in their attempts to sign the midfielder.
Sky Sports News can reveal that Forest has been trying for almost a year to open the negotiations with Gibbs-White about a new and improved contract on the city, but he has chosen not to go to those conversations.
Forest is willing to give him a huge wage increase, in exchange for the removal of the release clause, which would be one of, if not the, biggest earner at the club.
Sky Sports News has been told that forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is willing to lose considerable sums of money to defend his position that Spurs has given an alleged illegal approach for one of the best players on his part and that there has been a violation of confidentiality in Tottenham who seem to be aware of the value of Gibbs-White's Boutule.
Rob Dorsett from Sky Sports News answers the most important questions about the Transfersaga …
Do traces still want to do a deal?
Yes, we understand that they are, but they take a look at a month and a half of the transfer window to go.
Spurs have made it clear that they are willing to meet the buy-out clause of Gibbs-White, which has been reported that it is worth £ 60 million.
What does the current contract situation mean?
From the point of view of Forest, the refusal of Gibbs-White to discuss a new contract that he has no long-term obligation for Bos.
With regard to his current contract, legally, there is a conflict between the rights of the employer and that of the employee.
Forest has a contractual agreement for the conditions of the Gibbs-White contract, and in particular the level of his release clause, to be kept confidential, so if that is violated, they have a legal matter.
Conversely, Gibbs-White has a contractual agreement that if another club is willing to pay a certain transfer costs, he can leave the city. He also has a potential legal claim there.
So what is the following?
The result is the current stalemate. If Gibbs-White really wants to become a member of Tottenham, he may have to take legal steps against Forest, who must claim a breach of contract, to try to force a movement.
There are no indications that he is willing to do that at the moment, and in fact he returned to the training for the season yesterday as planned with the rest of the international players of Forest.
Alternatively, it may be that traces are willing to increase their offer for the player and pay an amount above his release clause, to try to place the forest and reopen lines of communication. Again, there is no indication at this stage that Spurs is prepared, and there is no dialogue between the two clubs.
Neither Bos nor traces have commented on these latest developments.