Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest looks on during the pre-season friendly match between Nottingham Forest and AS Monaco at SMH Group Stadium on July 19, 2025 in Chesterfield, England. (Photo by Ed Sykes/Getty Images)

Why I don’t blame Morgan Gibbs-White for not joining Tottenham

Originally posted on the Boy Hotspur | By The Boy | Last updated Jul 27, 2025 4:00 AM ET

Yesterday’s news that Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White had miraculously decided not to join Spurs wasn’t an update that shook me to my core. Of course, I had predicted he would join, because all the indicators were there. He’d allegedly swerved the chance to join Manchester City, and the reverberations made by Marinakis hurling his toys from his pram could be felt in China.

The boy himself issued a brief comment in the aftermath.

“I’ve felt at home at Forest from the moment I arrived. The support from the fans, my teammates, and everyone around the club has been unbelievable.

“I believe in what we’re building here – and with the backing of Mr Marinakis and the enormous ambition he has, I want to be part of making something special. I’m excited for what’s to come.”

All that was missing from these words was the phrase ‘the devil you know’, because despite all the white noise from Spurs fans about being champions of Europe, which we absolutely are not, because that honour is for PSG and no other. Spurs played like a bunch of deadbeats last term and for much of the season before.

The football under Ange Postecoglou stank the place out for all the hot air generated by players cooing over the Australian. We lost a record number of games, even breaking a Premier League record, of losing 22 games, with the division’s inception, which would have automatically meant that we had been relegated. Such was the truly dreadful nature of our form, we defied the history books and still wouldn’t go down.

Footballers are not noted for their bravery, and the suggestion that Gibbs-White was willing to come to Tottenham and fight for his place, and carry us out of the current mire was far too good to be true. I am sure that in the cold light of day, it would have taken Mr. Marinakis a very short amount of time to point out the inconsistencies in the Tottenham offer.

All reports about legal action were hot air; my apologies to anyone who had their time wasted by them. The bottom line is that Johan Lange, Daniel Levy and Vinaichandra Guduguntla Venkatesham OBE were all out of their depth and treated like the losers that they are.

This article first appeared on the Boy Hotspur and was syndicated with permission.

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