Gibbs-White’s last appearance in a Forest shirt had been in the frustrating 1-0 defeat at the City Ground against Chelsea in May, which confirmed that the club would not secure the Champions League football that had looked like such a tantalising possibility for much of the campaign.

Amid all the transfer noise, Gibbs-White played the first 45 minutes of Forest's 0-0 draw with Monaco on Saturday. But he is said to be keen for his situation to be resolved one way or another before Nuno Espirito Santo's side travel to Portugal on Monday for a training camp.