IT’S BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY FRANTIC LAST 48 HOURS AT TOTTENHAM, AND THAT ISN’T JUST CONCERNING THEIR DRAMATIC MOVE FOR NOTTINGHAM FOREST STAR MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE AFTER CONFIRMING THE ARRIVAL OF MOHAMMED KUDUS FROM WEST HAM. SPURS ANNOUNCED KUDUS’ SIGNING IN A DEAL WORTH £55 MILLION ON THURSDAY EVENING, WITH THE VERSATILE GHANAIAN BECOMING THE FIRST PLAYER TO SWAP WEST HAM FOR THE LILYWHITES SINCE SCOTT PARKER IN 2011.
THE 24-YEAR-OLD HAS ALREADY PROMISED TO EXCITE SUPPORTERS ON THE FIELD WHEN SPEAKING IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW AS A TOTTENHAM PLAYER, AND THERE WAS A REAL EXPECTATION THAT GIBBS-WHITE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW KUDUS TO N17. TOTTENHAM TALKS FOR THE ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATED RAPIDLY ON THURSDAY, WITH RELIABLE MEDIA SOURCES REPORTING THAT THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS ALL SET TO JOIN THOMAS FRANK’S SIDE AND A MEDICAL HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY (FABRIZIO ROMANO). HOWEVER, IN AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING TURN OF EVENTS, FOREST PUT A STOP TO THE DEAL AND ARE CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SPURS, OVER WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE AN ILLEGAL APPROACH FOR THEIR STAR FORWARD.
WHILE GIBBS-WHITE’S MOVE COULD STILL HAPPEN, WITH THE EXPECTATION BEING THAT FOREST CAN’T COMPLETELY BLOCK IT, THIS TRANSFER WILL AT THE VERY LEAST BE DELAYED, AS FIRST REPORTED BY SKY SPORTS’ ROB DORSETT. WITH TOTTENHAM NOW BRASED FOR A LEGAL SAGA SURROUNDING THEIR POTENTIAL DEAL FOR GIBBS-WHITE, THE CLUB DO REMAIN IN THE MARKET FOR OTHER TRANSFER TARGETS, AND THEY STILL MAINTAIN A SERIOUS INTEREST IN BRENTFORD STRIKER YOANE WISSA.
YOANE WISSA PUSHING TO LEAVE BRENTFORD AMID TOTTENHAM INTEREST. REPORTS EARLIER THIS WEEK CLAIMED THAT TOTTENHAM HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH WISSA’S REPRESENTATIVES, WITH TALKSPORT JOURNALIST ALEX CROOK NOW SHARING AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION. CROOK STATES THAT WISSA IS KEEN TO REUNITE WITH FRANK AT SPURS, AND THE CONGOLESE CENTRE-FORWARD IS NOW “PUSHING” FOR AN EXIT FROM THE GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM AS HE SEEKS A HIGH-PROFILE MOVE. THE 28-YEAR-OLD IS CURRENTLY IN HIS PRIME AND IN THE FORM OF HIS LIFE, HAVING NETTED 20 GOALS IN ALL COMPETITIONS LAST SEASON, AND THIS HAS MOTIVATED BRENTFORD CHIEFS TO SLAP A £50 MILLION PRICE TAG ON HIS HEAD.
BRENTFORD HAVE ALREADY LOST A FEW KEY MEN THIS SUMMER, INCLUDING FRANK, WITH CHRISTIAN NORGAARD JOINING ARSENAL AND MAN UNITED STILL LOCKED IN TALKS OVER A DEAL FOR BRYAN MBEUMO. THE BEES WILL LIKELY DIG THEIR HEELS IN WHEN IT COMES TO LETTING YET ANOTHER “EXCEPTIONAL PLAYER” LEAVE, BUT WISSA WOULD COME AS AN EXCELLENT POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT FOR RICHARLISON, WHO’S REPORTEDLY ATTRACTING INTEREST FROM BRAZIL.
