Spurs' £60m Gibbs-White Move in Legal Limbo

Spurs Thomas Frank provides Morgan Gibbs-White Tottenham transfer response amid Cristian Romero update New Tottenham boss Thomas Frank was asked about Morgan Gibbs-White, as well as the futures of Son Heung-min and Cristian Romero footballlondon Bookmark Share Comments Spurs By Alasdair Gold Tottenham Hotspur correspondent Sam Truelove Content Editor 15:52, 18 JUL 2025 Updated 15:55, 18 JUL 2025 Bookmark New Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank (Image: Tottenham Hotspur) Don't miss any of the latest and best Spurs news - sign up to the free Tottenham newsletter for updates straight to your inbox More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Don't miss any of the latest and best Spurs news - sign up to the free Tottenham newsletter for updates straight to your inbox Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice Thomas Frank did not give too much away when asked about Tottenham's transfer pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White. Spurs want to sign the 25-year-old and last week made an approach which triggered the £60million release clause in the midfielder's contract. However, Forest are claiming that an illegal approach was made and believe the confidential nature of that clause was breached with claims that Tottenham submitted a bid worth the exact amount required to trigger it. Whether or not the transfer will now happen is currently unclear, with the player reporting for pre-season training this week. Both Spurs and the player still want the transfer to happen but the move is now ensnared in legal matters between the two clubs. The Forest squad are set to fly to Portugal for a pre-season training camp on Monday and Gibbs White is reportedly keen for the situation to be resolved by then. In the meantime, Frank was asked about the interest at a press conference at Hotspur Way on Friday. Frank, previewing the pre-season friendly with Reading on Saturday, did not give too much away. He said: "You know me well so I will use what I've always said is that I won't speak about players from outside the club." Frank was also asked about Son Heung-min , who has entered the final 11 months of his contract, as well as vice-captain Cristian Romero , who has been linked with a move to La Liga. On the duo, the Dane said: "Two top players, Sonny has been here for 10 years and finally got his well deserved trophy in the summer. "Cristian Romero, World Cup winner, Copa America winner twice, very important for us. Both have trained well and set the standards. Both will play tomorrow and I'm very happy." The Morgan Gibbs-White mess, a departure from the club and Thomas Frank's first set of matches as Spurs boss - click here to listen to the latest episode of Gold & Guest Talk Tottenham! Or click here to watch on YouTube! Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Follow Football London Facebook X (Twitter) Comment More On Thomas Frank Spurs transfer news Morgan Gibbs-White

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Thomas Frank did not give too much away when asked about Tottenham's transfer pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White.

Spurs want to sign the 25-year-old and last week made an approach which triggered the £60million release clause in the midfielder's contract. However, Forest are claiming that an illegal approach was made and believe the confidential nature of that clause was breached with claims that Tottenham submitted a bid worth the exact amount required to trigger it.

Whether or not the transfer will now happen is currently unclear, with the player reporting for pre-season training this week. Both Spurs and the player still want the transfer to happen but the move is now ensnared in legal matters between the two clubs.

The Forest squad are set to fly to Portugal for a pre-season training camp on Monday and Gibbs White is reportedly keen for the situation to be resolved by then. In the meantime, Frank was asked about the interest at a press conference at Hotspur Way on Friday.

Frank, previewing the pre-season friendly with Reading on Saturday, did not give too much away. He said: "You know me well so I will use what I've always said is that I won't speak about players from outside the club."

Frank was also asked about Son Heung-min , who has entered the final 11 months of his contract, as well as vice-captain Cristian Romero , who has been linked with a move to La Liga. On the duo, the Dane said: "Two top players, Sonny has been here for 10 years and finally got his well deserved trophy in the summer.

"Cristian Romero, World Cup winner, Copa America winner twice, very important for us. Both have trained well and set the standards. Both will play tomorrow and I'm very happy."

The Morgan Gibbs-White mess, a departure from the club and Thomas Frank's first set of matches as Spurs boss - click here to listen to the latest episode of Gold & Guest Talk Tottenham! Or click here to watch on YouTube!