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'Capture illegal acts → Stop transfer → Legal action'
Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Daniel Levy's trick was caught. It is likely to be the biggest scandal in the English Premier League transfer market this summer.
It is a big bad news for Tottenham, which has been active in the summer transfer market in recent days. As the recruitment of an ambitious large player was virtually completely eliminated, Thomas Frank's tactical idea fell apart, leaving a big dent in the club's morality at the same time.
Shocking local reports have emerged that Tottenham had illegal contact with the player during the transfer negotiations.
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British Sky Sports exclusively reported on the 11th (Korea time) 'The Tottenham club's deal to recruit Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest has now been suspended' Rob Dorsett, a senior reporter for the media, said on his personal SNS, "'Nottingham consulted with his lawyer about what Tottenham believed to have been in contact with the player illegally. He then discussed with his lawyer what he thought was a personal contact after suspending the transfer negotiations with Tottenham They didn't allow negotiations, they cut off all contact with Tottenham.
The Nottingham club then understands that Tottenham illegally approached the player after the Gibbs-White buyout clause was invoked' and believes that Tottenham's bid was accurately made at the buyout level, resulting in a breach of confidentiality regarding the release clause. 'It is not clear whether Nottingham will be able to completely block the transfer, but it will certainly be delayed if it raises the issue publicly.'"
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It's a shocking content. Just a day ago, Gibbs-White was expected to become Tottenham's fifth recruit in the summer transfer market. European Football Transfer Market '1 Tier Reporter' Fabrizio Romano 'Gibbs-White Goes to Tottenham. After contacting Nottingham, he invoked a buyout clause of 60 million pounds (about 111.4 billion won)," the report said.
Public broadcaster BBC also invoked the buyout clause that exists in the contract between 'Tottenham and Gibbs-White' and Nottingham. The transfer is expected to be completed within 24 hours. Medical tests are scheduled to take place soon,' the report said. It was understood that the transfer was actually completed.
However, as Tottenham contacted Gibbs-White in advance to hear the buyout amount existing in the contract with Nottingham in advance, and the situation of offering this amount was caught on Nottingham's radar network, there is a possibility that the recruitment will be canceled.
Gibbs-White, who made his professional debut in 2017 after playing for the Wolverhampton youth team, received great attention as he was considered the "Wolverhampton Best Talent". Gibbs-White, who was steadily growing on the professional stage, entered the summer 2022 transfer market
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Transferred to West Nottingham Forest. At that time, the buyout clause entered the contract, and Tottenham heard the information in the process of illegal contact with the player and used it for recruitment negotiations.
Gibbs-White is as good as he is. He played in 38 official games in the 2022-2023 season, and scored six goals and 10 assists in 42 games in the 2023-2024 season. In the 2024-2025 season, he also played in 38 games, scoring seven goals and eight assists, playing a key role in the team. Coach Frank tried to recruit Gibbs-White and use him as the core of the midfield.
Tottenham have already signed Matistel, Kevin Danso, Takai Kota and Mohamed Kudus. After recruiting Tel and Danso, they have been sluggish in the transfer market for a while. Targets such as Brian Mbomo and Antoine Semeno all rejected Tottenham's move. Then, following Takai and Kuds, there was a sudden move to recruit Gibbs-White at once.
Chairman Levi appeared to open his wallet wide. But in the process, 'trick' was discovered. It seems impossible to avoid criticism.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
