Nottingham raises official objection to Tottenham before coming to Korea illegally contact players

Jul 14, 2025

Tottenham is expected to be involved in a legal lawsuit.

Tom Barclay, a reporter for The Sun in the UK, reported on his personal SNS on the 14th (Korean time) that Nottingham Forest has reportedly raised a legal objection to Tottenham's recruitment of Morgan Gibbs-White.

Tottenham's recruitment of Gibbs-White was done quickly, not like Tottenham's. Numerous British media, including Sky Sports, reported on the 11th that `Tottenham has invoked the £60 million buyout clause in the contract between Gibbs-White and Nottingham.' Tottenham had a personal agreement with Gibbs-White in advance, so the transfer was now only ahead of a medical test.

But it stopped trading in Nottingham. The reason was that Tottenham illegally identified the buyout clause that existed in the contract between Gibbs-White and Nottingham. Sky Sports explained 'Nottingham believes there was a breach of confidentiality obligations relating to the buyout clause because Tottenham's bid price was exactly right'

In other words, Nottingham claims that Tottenham had a prior communication with Gibbs-White over the transfer and asked Gibbs-White exactly how much the buyout clause was to figure out the exact amount. Nottingham is furious because the buyout amount in Nottingham's contract with Gibbs-White was an unknown issue that outsiders should not know.

In the end, the deal was suspended and Nottingham took legal action against Tottenham. Sky Sports said on the 13th 'Nottingham is considering suspending Gibbs-White's transfer and is consulting his lawyer on potential legal action. Nottingham are not receiving all contact from Tottenham. Nottingham took legal action after consulting his lawyer.

Tottenham say there has been no illegal contact claimed by Nottingham. Tottenham thinks they can recruit Gibbs-White because there is no problem at all in recruiting players.

After appointing Thomas Frank, Tottenham quietly recruited Mohamed Kudus. With Gibbs-White as his next target, he tried to steadily progress on new reinforcements before leaving for the pre-season tour of Asia. Negotiations have progressed to the conclusion stage, but suddenly, as Nottingham took issue with Tottenham's recruitment process, Gibbs-White was on the verge of collapse.

For now, Gibbs-White has joined Nottingham pre-season training. Leading local reporters predict that Tottenham will eventually succeed in recruiting Gibbs-White.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.