TOTTENHAM TRIGGERED GIBBS-WHITE’S £60M RELEASE CLAUSE, ALTHOUGH FOREST BELIEVE THE CLAUSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONFIDENTIAL AND WANT TO KNOW HOW SPURS FOUND OUT. AS EXCLUSIVELY REVEALED BY TBR FOOTBALL, GIBBS-WHITE IS CONFIDENT HE’LL JOIN TOTTENHAM, BUT HE’S NOW HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS.
THE 25-YEAR-OLD IS JUST WAITING FOR PERMISSION TO RETURN TO LONDON AND FINALISE THE TRANSFER, AND SPURS HAVE BEEN TOLD WHAT THEY COULD DO TO FINALLY LAND THE PLAYER.
TOTTENHAM COULD PAY OVER MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE’S CLAUSE TO APPEASE NOTTINGHAM FOREST.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY COULD PAY MORE THAN MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE’S RELEASE CLAUSE IN A BID TO SATISFY NOTTINGHAM FOREST, ACCORDING TO BEN JACOBS. THE NORTH LONDON CLUB COULD MAKE THE SITUATION DISAPPEAR BY OPENING TALKS WITH THE FELLOW PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE AND REACHING AN AGREEMENT ABOVE £60M.
AT THIS MOMENT, THE MIDFIELDER IS JUST WAITING FOR PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO NORTH LONDON TO COMPLETE THE MOVE. HE IS EAGER TO PLAY FOR THOMAS FRANK AND COMPETE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
TOTTENHAM DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE PERMISSION TO EVEN ENGAGE WITH THE PLAYER TO FORMALISE THE MOVE, SO THE TWO CLUBS WILL EITHER NEED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT OR FIND A COMPROMISE REGARDING THE RELEASE CLAUSE.
“IF TOTTENHAM WANT TO PUT THIS BEHIND THEM, THEY CAN, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR FOREST TO DROP THE ISSUE OR RESOLVE IT, SIMPLY MAKE A NEW OFFER AND SEE IF THAT’S ENOUGH.
“BUT THEY WOULD NEED TO GO BEYOND THE RELEASE CLAUSE, OR SEE IF FOREST RECOGNISES THAT GIBBS-WHITE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE THE MOVE, PLAY UNDER THOMAS FRANK, AND FEATURE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.”
MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE COULD BE BAD NEWS FOR JAMES MADDISON.
GIBBS-WHITE’S ARRIVAL AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM COULD SPELL TROUBLE FOR JAMES MADDISON, WHO PLAYS IN THE SAME POSITION.
THE MIDFIELDER CAN OPERATE IN MULTIPLE ROLES IN FRANK’S SYSTEM, BUT HIS MAIN POSITION IS LIKELY TO BE THE NUMBER TEN ROLE — THE SAME SPOT AS THE 28-YEAR-OLD.
ONE MAJOR ISSUE MADDISON HAS FACED SINCE HIS MOVE TO NORTH LONDON IS HIS STRUGGLE WITH FITNESS, HAVING SUSTAINED TWO DIFFERENT INJURIES LAST SEASON.
THE DANISH MANAGER MAY BE SEEKING A MORE CONSISTENT OPTION IN HIS CREATIVE MIDFIELD ROLE — SOMEONE WHO CAN BE RELIED ON TO DELIVER FROM THE CENTRAL ATTACKING POSITION.
