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Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy can claim to have been well ahead of the curve with regards to one of the Premier League’s breakout talents.

Seven years ago, Murphy watched on in awe as a self-assured 18-year-old swaggered and strutted his way through the Tottenham Hotspur midfield.

A ‘brilliant’ young talent who’s ‘ability to run with the ball was amazing’.

Flash forward to March 2025, and the very same Morgan Gibbs-White who Danny Murphy highlighted as a potential future superstar is more than making good on the potential he showed in the Old Gold of Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Gibbs-White has been the driving force behind Nottingham Forest’s Champions League charge.

And with Liverpool eyeing up a summer move alongside the soon-to-be de-throned Manchester City – TBR Football reports – that a deep-pocketed, ambitious Forest side view their talismanic England international as a £100 million footballer comes as no real surprise.

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TBR add that Gibbs-White, who has caught Liverpool’s eye while scoring five goals and assisting nine more from his all-action attacking midfield role, will be offered a new contract at the City Ground.

Whether he accepts, or looks to secure himself a move to one of the more established Premier League powerhouses, remains to be seen.

Murphy, an FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup winner under Gerard Houlier at Anfield back in 2001, has no doubt about Gibbs-White’s talent.

In fact, he was one of the Stafford-born playmaker’s earliest backers.

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The question is, however, could Gibbs-White adapt from being the ‘main man’ at Nottingham Forest to a more supporting role in Liverpool’s ensemble cast?

“He’s just got it all.

Gibbs-White also feels a more natural fit for Liverpool’s 4-3-3 formation than Wirtz or Yildiz, two more mercurial but perhaps less durable operators.

“He’s terrific with his back to goal,” Murphy explains.

I think he could play in any team.”

Former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch is a paid-up member of the Morgan Gibbs-White fanclub, too.

He, like Murphy, spotted his talent while a teenager at Wolves and feels Nottingham Forest have themselves ‘the real deal’ these days.


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