Nottingham Forest star Morgan Gibbs-White is once again going to be the main man next season.
Gibbs-White was courted by Manchester City, but with his valuation likely to be around £100 million, the former champions have flicked their focus elsewhere.
Gibbs-White was praised by Jamie Carragher last season as pundits started to truly appreciate what he could do on a football pitch.
The 25-year-old was rewarded with some minutes for England during the June internationals with the media praising Gibbs-White for his efforts.
With the Premier League fixtures now released for Forest, Gibbs-White has shared which game he’s looking forward to the most, and it might come as a surprise.
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Morgan Gibbs-White picks the Forest fixture he’s looking forward to the most
It might come as a surprise, but Gibbs-White has picked a very interesting fixture indeed and for a couple of reasons.
The Forest number 10 has said on Instagram that he can’t wait for City’s visit to the City Ground in December.
That particular game doesn’t take place until the day after Boxing Day, and perhaps that implies that Gibbs-White has no intention of departing the club any time soon.
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He said on Instagram: “Manchester City, the day after Boxing Day. Big game, big players.”
Gibbs-White will be keen to send a message to Pep Guardiola
Manchester City felt that Gibbs-White was too expensive this summer.
Forest will need to tie the attacker down to a new contract if he doesn’t leave as next summer he will have just a year to run on his existing deal at the club.
However, it feels like a move to City is off the table this year with the Citizens signing four new players before they jetted off to the United States for the Club World Cup.
It’s great to think that Forest will close the curtains on any interest in Gibbs-White, and it now remains to be seen if another star player will be sold to allow more manoeuvring in the transfer market.