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Morgan Gibbs-White

braineclipse said:
There's probably a lot the club COULD say. But Levy isn't going to play something like this out in public.

Hope it gets done, really like him.

I'm guessing it's mostly grandstanding from them, but that's very much just a guess. But if they manage to drag it out enough it causes issues for us for sure.

Can only hope we get through with the Premier League or whatever legal action can be taken.
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Isn't he? Did with bostok. Did with the olympic stadium. Levy hasn't got eyelids. Love him or hate him he doesn't blink.
 
Gazza said:
Don’t be so fickle mate, he will go if they pay the money. And he will also get the move thereafter like most players do in this day and age. They may initially hesitate but they will go if Forest are paying way more than others.
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I don't think I'm being fickle TBF, I'm just saying that there are going to be players who will be put off going to a club where players are treated like that IMO. If McAtee has choices, I'd suggest that Forest would not be top of them right now.
 
thfcsteff said:
I don't think I'm being fickle TBF, I'm just saying that there are going to be players who will be put off going to a club where players are treated like that IMO. If McAtee has choices, I'd suggest that Forest would not be top of them right now.
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I don’t think it works like that. Otherwise I don’t think people would have signed under levy with the way he haggles etc
 
Gazza said:
I don’t think it works like that. Otherwise I don’t think people would have signed under levy with the way he haggles etc
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I am specifically referring to the release clause. I cannot remember Levy ever inserting one of those. If you insert a release clause into a contract, then when it is triggered you have to pony up and move on. Marinakis is choosing the wrong way to show his anger at the clause and timing, he cannot take it out on the player IMO without gaining greater shade on an already increasingly curious reputation.
 
Chatting with some Forest fans and they are pretty convinced it’s some combination of MGW and his woman wanting London, combined with the connections that he has to Spurs already (agents and Brennan) have meant that something got to us that shouldn’t have. And in that case, Forest feel that they are being forced to accept below market rate because a clause was breached. And they will fight it.

I kind of get it. But I don’t see how Spurs can be punished, if all they did was receive information.
They made a bid, which looked to be accepted. Forest’s issue is definitely with the player and with the agents, which makes it very interesting that MGW is still showing up to training. He’s basically making it clear he’s acting completely above board, and not like a rebel that desperately wants out. Taking this reading, I’m almost more confident he’ll be ours, because he’s playing the game that Forest would rather he didn’t play. They’d rather paint him as the wantaway, and he’s not allowing it.
 
Lilbaz said:
Isn't he? Did with bostok. Did with the olympic stadium. Levy hasn't got eyelids. Love him or hate him he doesn't blink.
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99 times out of 100 you want Levy in your corner on these type of matters.
Of course, with him delegating more processes things have potential to slip BUT I'm sure he instills the standards he expects.
He's a details man, and as I say, 99 times on the right side of things.
 
BrainOfLevy said:
Chatting with some Forest fans and they are pretty convinced it’s some combination of MGW and his woman wanting London, combined with the connections that he has to Spurs already (agents and Brennan) have meant that something got to us that shouldn’t have. And in that case, Forest feel that they are being forced to accept below market rate because a clause was breached. And they will fight it.

I kind of get it. But I don’t see how Spurs can be punished, if all they did was receive information.
They made a bid, which looked to be accepted. Forest’s issue is definitely with the player and with the agents, which makes it very interesting that MGW is still showing up to training. He’s basically making it clear he’s acting completely above board, and not like a rebel that desperately wants out. Taking this reading, I’m almost more confident he’ll be ours, because he’s playing the game that Forest would rather he didn’t play. They’d rather paint him as the wantaway, and he’s not allowing it.
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If you get info that you know is confidential then you shouldn't be acting on it. It's all just guess work at the moment as none of us know what is in the clause or who had what info.
 
thfcsteff said:
I am specifically referring to the release clause. I cannot remember Levy ever inserting one of those. If you insert a release clause into a contract, then when it is triggered you have to pony up and move on. Marinakis is choosing the wrong way to show his anger at the clause and timing, he cannot take it out on the player IMO without gaining greater shade on an already increasingly curious reputation.
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Well you are now going down that route on a moot point. Overall if a chairman is doing wrong, or does wrong … footballers are blind to the money and that all happened along time ago scenario.

If I was a football player I’d never sign for spurs knowing what the history of levy is … until he flashes the money at me … throw in some unattainable bonuses … and I’m signing on the dotted line.

Football players don’t care about the chairman or his antics. They just care about the money but dress it up in various different ways to get people fawning over them a bit more.
 
BrainOfLevy said:
Chatting with some Forest fans and they are pretty convinced it’s some combination of MGW and his woman wanting London, combined with the connections that he has to Spurs already (agents and Brennan) have meant that something got to us that shouldn’t have. And in that case, Forest feel that they are being forced to accept below market rate because a clause was breached. And they will fight it.
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One would imagine MGW and wife sometimes meet up with Brennan and wife and others e.g. Maddison and wife or whoever they are all mates with, for fancy meals, for weddings, for summer holidays etc.

They talk for hours and hours about football and contracts and life and of course MGW would let it slip, or his wife would let it slip, it is SOOO hard to keep a secret like that.



Likewise CAA, Levy might ask CAA how much they think MGW would cost and they would say "maybe a tad more than Kudus but not as much as Solanke" whilst holding up 6 fingers and eating 6 apples and standing on 6 legs.
 
DubSpur said:
If you get info that you know is confidential then you shouldn't be acting on it. It's all just guess work at the moment as none of us know what is in the clause or who had what info.
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Ok…so Spurs hear about it and because they’ve heard about it, they can never now bid for MGW? How can it be proven? How can it actually be enforced? Through no fault of their own they’re potentially not now able to sign a player they like, and the player has to chalk one of the rare clubs that could afford him off of his list?

I feel like if there was something controversial here, Levy would not allow us to be exposed in this way? Or maybe he was just feeling uber confident and thought that there’s no way it would blow back on us? I just don’t believe he operates that way.
 
BrainOfLevy said:
Ok…so Spurs hear about it and because they’ve heard about it, they can never now bid for MGW? How can it be proven? How can it actually be enforced? Through no fault of their own they’re potentially not now able to sign a player they like, and the player has to chalk one of the rare clubs that could afford him off of his list?

I feel like if there was something controversial here, Levy would not allow us to be exposed in this way? Or maybe he was just feeling uber confident and thought that there’s no way it would blow back on us? I just don’t believe he operates that way.
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Anyone that has access to the confidential info shouldn't be involved in the deal. Say company A makes a bid for a contract and an employee for company B gets the details of that bid, they shouldn't share that info or be involved in any bid made by company B.

They can still sign the player just not have anyone that has info on the contract working on it. I'm sure it would be difficult in this scenario. Proving that a bid has been made with the confidential info is another matter.

I agree it doesn't sound like something that Levy would let us be exposed to, but I don't belive for one second that he's squeaky clean and wouldn't use something to his advantage.
 
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