{"id":539990,"date":"2026-04-19T21:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/539990\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:08:14","slug":"nottingham-forest-failed-morgan-gibbs-white-move-haunts-tottenham-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/539990\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest: Failed Morgan Gibbs-White move haunts Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Forest strolled out of north London with a 3-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> Stadium 28 days ago it felt seismic.<\/p>\n

They were only three points above the relegation zone, but the magnitude of the win could not be understated. <\/p>\n

It was Pereira’s first win as Forest manager and the nature of the victory felt huge, with Gibbs-White scoring a game-clinching second.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a month and Gibbs-White’s hat-trick piles more misery on Spurs and gives them another reminder of what could have been.<\/p>\n

A move to Tottenham<\/a> appeared done in July when it appeared his \u00a360m release clause had been triggered.<\/p>\n

Yet Forest looked to take legal action<\/a> and were furious with Tottenham<\/a>‘s conduct and were adamant they had not been given permission to speak to their player.<\/p>\n

Gibbs-White went on to sign a new three-year contract a few weeks later and the saga was perhaps a prelude to the two club’s chaotic seasons, with Forest going through four managers and Spurs close to their first relegation since 1977.<\/p>\n

“A massive three points. We knew how important this game was coming into it. The first half was a bit nervous, tense,” Gibbs-White told BBC Match of the Day. <\/p>\n

“The words from the gaffer was to give it everything out there – whatever will be will be. They boys came out fighting, took our chances when we needed to and controlled the game.<\/p>\n

“The first, I was a bit erratic. I knew for the second one to take a touch and be a bit more composed. When the third went in, it was a delight.<\/p>\n

“We got the win and we have that gap.”<\/p>\n

Instead of potentially spearheading Spurs’ survival bid, Gibbs-White has delivered another hammer blow.<\/p>\n

Spurs, in 18th, will be four points from safety if West Ham<\/a> beat Crystal Palace<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Ex-Tottenham<\/a> midfielder Danny Murphy told Match of the Day: “It is strange how football works.<\/p>\n

“One of the things Spurs fans have been vocal about is the club not being able to get good players signed and over the line.<\/p>\n

“Whether that could be through the inability to negotiate properly, whether it’s financial, who knows?<\/p>\n

“But, ultimately, a player like Gibbs-White would have been brilliant for Tottenham<\/a> this season and would have hit the ground running – unlike Xavi Simons, who is a good player but has taken time to adapt.<\/p>\n

“Today is a double kick in the stomach for Spurs as he could have been the man to save them from trouble. Instead, he’s given Forest a huge boost to beat the drop.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Forest strolled out of north London with a 3-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 28 days ago…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-539990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}