What Nottingham Forest have done as Tottenham wait on Morgan Gibbs-White transfer medical

Tottenham are playing the waiting game when it comes to signing Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest.

Spurs had looked set to make the England international their fourth signing of the summer when activating his £60million release clause, agreeing personal terms and scheduling a medical for the 25-year-old.

But that was all put on hold on Friday as Nottingham Forest sought legal advice over what they perceived to be an illegal approach from Tottenham for the midfielder.

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Forest were not impressed that Spurs had come in with the exact amount required to activate his release clause, with it supposed to have been confidential.

According to the Sun reporter Tom Barclay, Forest have lodged a legal complaint over the approach, although football.london understands that Spurs remain hopeful the deal will go through eventually.

Forest got their summer pre-season friendly schedule under way on Saturday as they took on Chesterfield, but Gibbs-White was not part of the squad. That was not down to an impending transfer to Tottenham, however.

The former Wolves man would reportedly not have been involved in the match against the League Two side regardless of the current situation with Spurs because he is part of a group of players who had been on international duty last month that are not due to return to Forest until later next week.

Gibbs-White did, however, return to Forest training on Monday and rather than keep it quiet and keep the 25-year-old out of the public eye, Forest made a point of putting him at front and centre of their social media campaign.

In a post on X Forest wrote: "Back with the group," with Gibbs-White and striker Chris Wood the first to be pictured arriving at the training ground.

It remains to be seen what will happen with Forest's legal complaint and whether it only serves to delay Spurs' approach to sign the player or if it means the deal is off completely.