Thomas Tuchel breaks silence on the real reason he didn’t pick Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White for England

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Morgan Gibbs-White is once again an England international following his Nottingham Forest exploits.

However, he very nearly wasn’t.

Sitting at home and sulking isn’t really his thing but originally, Gibbs-White was due to watch his England teammates from the comfort of his sofa, overlooked by Thomas Tuchel despite his Forest exploits.

Forest fans were incensed that Gibbs-White had missed out. Forest have been third since December 29th and frankly, it made a mockery that not a single Reds player had made the cut.

Danny Murphy praised Gibbs-White on Match of the Day after the 25-year-old helped Forest to a 4-2 win over Ipswich on Saturday.

Common sense has now prevailed and Gibbs-White has now been quizzed after a whirlwind few days.

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Thomas Tuchel breaks silence on real reason why Morgan Gibbs-White wasn’t picked

Gibbs-White has lifted the lid on what the new England head coach said to him before his squad was announced last week.

The Forest man told TalkSPORT: “I got the call on Thursday and this is what I really like about this manager, he was very open and honest, he called me and said I’m not choosing you, based on his own decision, he said I didn’t do anything wrong, he’s the manager so I respected his decision.

“Then Sunday late afternoon, he texted me saying are you around for a chat and I replied so fast saying yes.

“He said are you still upset or do you want to come and join us in training tomorrow, and obviously I said I wanted to come and train, so to get the call was incredible and I’m so happy to be here right now.”

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It would have been a real travesty had Gibbs-White not made the England squad this time around.

As fans, we had a point to suggest that the reason Gibbs-White wasn’t in the squad in the first place is because some outsiders are still ignorant of the season that Forest are having.

Thankfully, Tuchel has seen sense and after the injury to Cole Palmer ruled him out, he’s given the Forest man a deserved call.

Gibbs-White clearly values playing for England and hopefully, he can get himself out on the pitch and make a mockery of Tuchel’s decision to overlook him in the first place.