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Man United, Villa and Chelsea admire Gibbs-White but Forest have no intention of selling

ยทBy Paul Lindisfarne
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Man United, Villa and Chelsea admire Gibbs-White but Forest have no intention of selling

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Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Aston Villa have all been identified as admirers of Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White โ€” but the 26-year-old is not expected to leave the City Ground this summer.

The Daily Mail reports that all four clubs hold genuine interest in the England international, whose creative quality and intensity in the press have attracted consistent attention from top-flight rivals.

Manchester United, Spurs, Chelsea and Aston Villa, however, currently have players operating in similar positions, limiting the urgency of a formal approach.

Nottingham Forest's position is firm. Gibbs-White signed a new contract at the City Ground twelve months ago โ€” shortly after Tottenham triggered a release clause to make a formal bid โ€” and the club have no financial pressure to sell a player they regard as central to their ambitions in the coming season.

Whether Gibbs-White's own outlook shifts over the course of next season's Champions League campaign โ€” which will expose him to the highest level of European competition for the first time โ€” is likely to be the determining factor in whether interest from United or any of the other clubs eventually becomes something more than admiration.