Pep Guardiola and Phil Foden feel exactly in the same way about Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, who looks ready to join Tottenham in a transfer of £ 60 million
Tottenham is about to sign an absolute gem of a player – at least in the eyes of Pep Guardiola and Phil Foden. Spurs seem to have agreed a £ 60 million deal for Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, who was strongly connected to Manchester City earlier in the year.
The International England, 25, is found that Tottenham's second major signing of the week after their £ 55 million conquest of Mohammed Kudus. Since he arrived in Forest van Wolves in 2022, Gibbs-White has settled as a key figure and played a crucial role in their remarkable turnout last season.
It was a campaign in which Forest already held a Champions League spot for more than half the year, and his versions did not go unnoticed. In March, Manchester City boss Guardiola described him as 'exceptional', a sentiment shared by Foden.
After the striking shows of Gibbs-White in the Semi-Final of the U21 of 2023 U21-where he scored and a man of the competition performance against Israel produced the Stadsa easily “What a Player” on his soon international teammate Instagram Post that celebrated the victory.
Such praise from elite colleagues underlines the high respect in which Gibbs-White is held and will undoubtedly be music for the ears of Tottenham fans. The midfielder previously stood on the shortlist of the city before they put their attention in the window early in the window to Rayan Cherki.
Once the deal is completed, where Spurs reportedly activated his release clause, Gibbs-White Spurs' fifth major signing of the summer becomes and pushes their total expenditure beyond £ 180 million. He joins Kudus, Luka Vuskovic and Kota Takai, together with Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso, whose loan agreements from last season have now been made permanently.
Expenditure indicates the intention of the club to support the new manager Thomas Frank and to avoid a repeat of last season's disastrous domestic campaign. Spurs ended a gloomy 17th in the Premier League, impeded by a brutal injury crisis.
Although they saved the season with a historic Europa League triumph – guarantee of Champions League qualification – it was not enough to save Anal Postecoglou.
Their aggressive early movements in the transfer star suggest that a club is determined to climb the table and to build a deeper, more resilient team that is able to withstand the hardships of a long campaign.
The next term marks their return to the Champions League for the first time since 2022/23, and with the competition in the best half of the Premier League more intense than ever, Spurs Besleegt decides to take advantage of the opportunity and recover under the elite.
For Nottingham Forest, Gibbs-White's threatening departure-dependent departure underlines how vital Champions League qualification would have been.
The club has already approved the £ 55 million sale of Anthony Elanga to Newcastle, and losing Gibbs-White in the same window represents an important setback, in which both players are leaving for clubs that follow in Europe Premier Club competition next season.
The couple played an important role in the impressive recent form of Forest and their outputs leave a considerable emptiness in the new season. Elanga contributed 11 assists in the Premier League in 2024/25-one count only improved by Mohamed Salah and will soon be Team Team Jacob Murphy-Even if six goals.
Gibbs-White has now packed seven goals and eight assists in the competition. Together the duo were involved in a considerable part of the goals of the forest in 2024/25, with only Chris Wood who packs more target contributions (20 goals and three assists).
At Spurs, Gibbs-White will compete for a place in a talent-rich midfield with Kudus, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Lucas Bergvall, Rodrigo Bentancur, Archie Gray, Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr. It is fierce competition but if his process has so far is something to go, Gibbs-White will not just fight for a place he wants to make one himself.