Nottingham Forest fans are putting all the blame on one man for Morgan Gibbs-White’s increasingly likely exit

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Morgan Gibbs-White’s Nottingham Forest future has been thrown into major doubt over the last 24 hours.

Fabrizio Romano came out on Sunday morning claiming that Manchester City will now intensify their pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White ahead of the summer transfer window.

Romano reports that personal terms won’t be an issue, so it’s looking increasingly likely that Nottingham Forest will lose their biggest asset.

How much they’ll receive remains to be seen, but Evangelos Marinakis has slapped a £100m price tag on Morgan Gibbs-White.

Forest fans have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to react to the news and they’re putting all the blame on one man.

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Nottingham Forest fans blame Thomas Tuchel for potential Morgan Gibbs-White exit

Controversially, Thomas Tuchel left Gibbs-White out of his first England squad, which angered Forest supporters.

He was then called up after injuries, but the damage had been done by then; it was clear Tuchel had set a precedent that players must be playing for the biggest clubs to be included in his plans.

With that said, many now believe Gibbs-White will leave the City Ground due to that exact reason – to get into the squad ahead of the World Cup next year.

“If MGW goes to Man City, Tuchel carries a lot of the blame. Telling players they need to move clubs for a call up is disgusting,” @AndrewG09485220 said.

@CarnorJax87 added: “His comments about players needing to move clubs was bang out of line and a host of clubs should have demanded an apology from him and FA.”

@happydaysmids commented: “Head been turned. Started with England manager Tuchel having a word. Big 6 bias.”

“Hoping Tuchel gets booed at the City Ground, especially if he overlooks MGW again,” @Honest_Mo83 posted.

@jaystorerrr said: “Surely once City were linked we knew the score. World Cup next summer, Tuchel picking players based on who they play for. Fair play to him if he goes, just hope we replace him well.”

“He’s not going to say no even if we get UCL. Tuchel won’t pick him unless he goes and his best friend is Foden,” @Owvnn explained.

Champions League qualification only way Gibbs-White stays

For Forest to stand any chance of retaining Gibbs-White’s signature, they’ll need to qualify for the Champions League.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
3	Man CityManchester City	35	19	7	9	67	43	24	64
4	NewcastleNewcastle	34	19	5	10	65	44	21	62
5	ChelseaChelsea	34	17	9	8	59	40	19	60
6	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	34	18	6	10	53	41	12	60
7	Aston VillaAston Villa	35	17	9	9	55	49	6	60
8	B’mouthBournemouth	35	14	11	10	55	42	13	53

That way, they’ll be plying their trade at the highest level, which could entice the former Wolves man to stay.

Surely then, Tuchel would be much more willing to hand Gibbs-White minutes for England, and from a Forest perspective, they’d have a bigger budget to offer him a new deal.

So these final four games are massive for the East Midlanders, who are still well-placed to achieve the unthinkable.