100 million pounds are too expensive! Manchester City is likely to give up buying the forest core. Rational signing is not a bad thing

On June 3, English media talkSport broke the news that Manchester City is close to giving up the introduction of Nottingham Forest midfielder Gibbs White, because the latter was marked with a sky-high price of 100 million pounds, which made Manchester City a little unacceptable.

25-year-old Gibbs White is the core of Nottingham Forest's midfielder. In the just-concluded 2024/25 season, he played for the Forest in 38 games in various games, including 7 goals and 8 assists in 34 Premier League games, and averaged 1.26 steals, 0.65 interceptions and 0.85 clearances per game, sending 1,213 passes and 52 key passes. As a midfielder, Gibbs White has excellent foot skills and accurate passes, and has a very good scoring ability. He is a comprehensive midfielder. Forest has made an indelible contribution to being ranked third in the Premier League standings for a long time.

Gibbs White's outstanding performance attracted Manchester City's attention. After a season where all four were gone, Manchester City hopes to complete the midfield updates, and Gibbs White is considered one of De Bruyne's successors. The players are also very interested in joining Manchester City in the Champions League next season, because this can increase his hope of being selected for the England team coached by Tuchel and playing with the team in the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup next summer.

However, Gibbs White and Manchester City are getting farther and farther away. Because Nottingham Forest hopes to earn up to £100 million from his transfer deal, this is obviously unacceptable to Manchester City. You should know that Gibbs White's net worth in the German transfer market is only 50 million euros, and even with his English household registration status, it is already the limit to selling for 80 million euros. The forest opens its mouth for 100 million pounds, which is a full 118 million euros, which is more than twice the premium.

Of course, Manchester City did have such big signings. In the summer of 2021, they spent 100 million pounds to sign Aston Villa captain Gallish, who was worth only 60 million euros at the time. However, although Gralish performed very well in the European Triple Champions League season, he fell into silence in the following two seasons due to injuries and has now become a marginal player at Manchester City. His weekly salary of up to 300,000 pounds and a two-year contract have become a heavy burden for Manchester City. Although Gibbs White is good, he is not much better than Glalish. So when Forest offered a sky-high transfer fee of 100 million pounds, it brought back some not-so-good memories of Manchester City. Of course, there is another more important reason, that is, there are other candidates on Manchester City's signing list, AC Milan midfielder Reindez and French midfielder Rich Cherki, and the latter, who is regarded as the No. 10 successor, is worth only 30 million euros. Although Reindez asks for a higher price, Manchester City is also confident of reaching an agreement with AC Miran on a price of around 75 million euros.

In other words, Gibbs White can sign two strong players with his transfer fee, Reindes and Cherky. It is reasonable for Manchester City to give up his bid. Of course, giving up Wiltz and Gibbs White's approach will probably make Manchester City fans feel a little unhappy. But the increasing rationality of signings is not a bad thing for Manchester City. After all, teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern are also very careful in signings, but it does not hinder their status as the top European giants. After giving up superstars such as Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain won the European Triple Championship in one fell swoop, which is enough to show that appropriate tactics and super teamwork skills are the key to the team's invincibility.