Nottingham Forest and Southampton to swoop for £25million Morgan Gibbs-White if he does not sign new Wolves deal

WOLVES want Morgan Gibbs-White to sign a new contract — as rivals Southampton and Nottingham Forest battle for his signature. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder is back from a loan at Sheffield United. Wolves coach Bruno Lage wants Gibbs-White to stay and will attempt to agree terms this month. But both Saints and Forest want him […]

WOLVES want Morgan Gibbs-White to sign a new contract — as rivals Southampton and Nottingham Forest battle for his signature.

The 22-year-old attacking midfielder is back from a loan at Sheffield United.

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Wolves coach Bruno Lage wants Gibbs-White to stay and will attempt to agree terms this month.

But both Saints and Forest want him and are poised with offers should negotiations not go to plan.

If the England Under-21 international turns a new contract down then they will reluctantly sell.

However, the asking price is likely to be higher than the current £25million valuations being discussed.

Gibbs-White started at Wolves’ academy at the tender age of eight years old.

The versatile midfielder earned his first senior call-up in 2017 and has amassed a total of three goals and one assist in 86 appearances at Molineux.

But he has had more success in a pair on loan stints in the Championship, first with Swansea and then last season at Bramall Lane.

Gibbs-White netted twelve times in all competitions for the Blades, including in their play-off semi-final loss to Forest.

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And that has attracted the attentions of rival clubs who think he could show that form in the top division too.

SunSport recently revealed that Nottingham owner Evangelos Marinakis’ summer transfer policy will be based on manager Steve Cooper and CEO Dane Murphy’s needs.

Marinakis is going to be working closely with Cooper and Murphy during the summer transfer window and will rely heavily on their advice when determining preferred targets.

The Greek businessman is also expected to splash over £2m on the club’s training pitches, which will be renovated “from scratch” before next season.

The Olympiacos owner will be pumping over £3.5m into the academy’s facilities as well.