Tottenham were seemingly closing in on the signing of Morgan Gibbs-White earlier this month but the Nottingham Forest star has now signed a record contract to stay put

Spurs wanted to sign Morgan Gibbs-White and the failure to do so could hand the Lilywhites and even bigger problem

TBR Football understands that Tottenham Hotspur have put together a shortlist of other targets after missing out on Morgan Gibbs-White. As TBR Football revealed on Sunday, Tottenham were shocked by Gibbs-White’s new contract with Nottingham Forest, which ended their pursuit of the 25-year-old.

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However, the deal stalled as Evangelos Marinakis threatened to report Tottenham to the Premier League over what he deemed to be an illegal approach, and in the meantime, was able to convince Morgan Gibbs-White to sign a new deal. Now – according to AS in Spain – Tottenham are ready to turn attention towards Rodrygo after this development.

MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE has not travelled with the Nottingham Forest squad to Portugal for pre-season due to a “personal matter”. Forest are set to face Fulham this Saturday in Faro,