Tottenham Hotspur reportedly failed to trigger a complicated release clause in Morgan Gibbs-White’s Nottingham Forest contract, leading to a spectacular turn of events which ended in a new deal for the midfielder.

Morgan Gibbs-White will wear the red jersey of Nottingham Forest this season and, for the club’s owner Evangelos Marinakis, this moment feels like a pointed statement to the powerful “Big Six”.

Tottenham have missed out on one of their big priority transfer targets of the summer. It looked as if Morgan Gibbs-White would become a new Spurs player after the Lilywhites seemingly triggered the 25-year-old's £60million release clause.

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

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly ready to switch their transfer focus to a Premier League-winning midfield talent after suffering a devastating blow in their chase to sign Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan.

Spurs wanted to sign Morgan Gibbs-White and the failure to do so could hand the Lilywhites and even bigger problem

Tottenham Hotspur thought they had a deal in place for Morgan Gibbs-white after they activated the midfielder's release clause, however, Nottingham Forest refused to bow to pressure, as they threatened legal action against their Premier League rivals.