Tottenham have opened talks with Nottingham Forest over a possible £60m move for midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White.
Well-placed sources have told BBC Sport the 25-year-old has a £60m release clause, and a potential move to north London is set to accelerate in the coming days.
Gibbs-White, who has four England caps, was on Manchester City’s radar this summer but Pep Guardiola’s side have cooled their interest.
He scored seven goals and added eight assists in 34 Premier League games last season, and has attracted interest from a number of England’s top clubs in recent months, but Spurs have stepped up their efforts to sign him.
Forest are under no pressure to sell having agreed Anthony Elanga’s £55m transfer to Newcastle this week.
Spurs, who appointed Thomas Frank as new head coach last month, are also set to sign Mohammed Kudus from West Ham for £55m and have an interest in Brentford attacker Yoane Wissa.
Gibbs-White joined Forest from Wolves for a then club-record fee of £25m plus add-ons in August 2022, on a five-year deal. He has made 118 appearances in three years at Forest, scoring 18 goals and providing 28 assists.
He made his England debut as a substitute in the Nations League win over the Republic of Ireland in September under interim manager Lee Carsley, with his most recent appearance coming off the bench in the 3-1 friendly defeat by Senegal at the City Ground under new boss Thomas Tuchel.