Huge boost for Tottenham! Man City's Morgan Gibbs-White stance revealed as Nottingham Forest fail to draw bids from other clubs for midfield star

Tottenham have been handed a fresh boost in their pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White after Manchester City's stance on returning for the midfielder was revealed.

• Battle for Gibbs-White rages on
• Spurs still keen to finalise deal
• Man City refuse to rival for Forest star

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  There has still been no movement from Forest when it comes to Gibbs-White's transfer to Tottenham, but the north London club may be inching closer to a deal after Manchester City's stance on signing the player was revealed.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Amidst the chaos of Forest's claims that Spurs approached their star midfielder illegally, owner Evangelos Marinakis was hoping to see City – who had interest in Gibbs-White at the start of the summer – come back in for the England international. However, reports suggest Pep Guardiola's side have no intention of returning for Gibbs-White, leaving the door open for the north London club to push through a deal.

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  Marinakis is said to be keen on selling Gibbs-White to anyone but Tottenham, due to their tactics in approaching him and activating a confidential £60million release clause. There is no word yet on an official complaint to the Premier League from the Midlands club, suggesting it is now a matter of time until Spurs have their man.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR GIBBS-WHITE?

  Gibbs-White did not fly out to Portugal to join up with Forest's pre-season camp on Monday due to personal reasons. The expectation remains that he will reconvene with his team-mates at some point this week.