Nottingham Forest successfully retained Morgan Gibbs-White despite strong transfer advances from Premier League rivals Tottenham.

Tottenham Hotspur’s dream of signing Morgan Gibbs-White is over. The North Londoners entered the summer transfer window with the aim of strengthening their midfield, and they have been linked with several names. The top target was Morgan Gibbs-White, for whom Spurs were ready to pay £60 million to sign.

Morgan Gibbs-White appears to be locked into Nottingham Forest for the long haul after signing a contract making him the highest paid player in their history. talkSPORT can reveal the bumper

A little under two weeks ago, Tottenham Hotspur thought they were getting hold of Morgan Gibbs-White, and the player himself thought he was leaving Nottingham Forest for £60m. A little legal wrangling later, and neither has proven to be the case.

Tottenham have a history of failing to get transfers done in spectacularly unfortunate fashion, including Morgan Gibbs-White and Paulo Dybala.

MORGAN GIBBS-WHITE has not travelled with the Nottingham Forest squad to Portugal for pre-season due to a “personal matter”. Forest are set to face Fulham this Saturday in Faro,