Simon Jordan tells Nottingham Forest they made Gary Neville error in statement

Nottingham Forest have been told to hold Gary Neville accountable for his social media criticism of their owner. The former Manchester United captain hit out at Evangelos Marinakis after Sunday’s draw with Leicester where the Greek businessman berated Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo on the pitch immediately after full time. Forest have been told to name Neville after his criticism of MarinakisGetty The club have clarified their owner entered the pitch out of concern for Taiwo AwoniyiAFP After the unsavoury incident, Neville said: “Scandalous from that Forest owner. Nuno should go and negotiate his exit tonight with him! “The Forest fans, players and manager do not deserve that.” However, the club later claimed in a statement that Marinakis had entered the pitch out of concern for striker Taiwo Awoniyi, denying suggestion of a ‘confrontation’ with Nuno. The Forest forward had suffered an abdominal injury during the closing stages before being allowed to continue. The injury was far worse than first feared with Awoniyi requiring surgery on Monday before being placed into an induced coma on Tuesday. A statement from Forest on Tuesday, before it emerged Awoniyi was placed into a coma, cited the reaction of pundits to Marinakis’ behaviour. It read: “In light of this, we urge former coaches and players, and other public figures in the game, to resist the urge to rush to judgement and fake news online, especially when they do not have the full facts and context. “Baseless and ill-informed outrage for the purposes of personal social media traction serves no one — least of all the injured player. “We call on these influential voices to show the same respect for player welfare that they often demand from others. Let concern come before commentary. “At Nottingham Forest, we believe the mental and physical well-being of our players and coaching staff must always take precedence — over media narratives, inflammatory judgements, and certainly over self-promotion. talkSPORTSimon Jordan believes Neville should have been named in Forest’s statement[/caption] Forest called out ‘inflammatory judgements’ in an update on Awoniyi’s conditionAFP “In moments like these, the game must unite around those who put their bodies and minds on the line every week. That’s what real leadership looks like in our game.” Simon Jordan has now claimed Forest should have named Neville in their statement. Discussing the club’s response on White and Jordan, Danny Murphy said the ex-England defender may regret his ‘spur of the moment’ reaction. However, Jordan disagreed as he explained: “He’s written it on Twitter so it’s not spur of the moment. He’s had time to consider it. “Unless he was doing commentary and typing at the same time. That’s a considered response. So he’s held accountable. It’s as considered as his observation.” Murphy added: “He is held accountable, isn’t he? Because we’re talking about it.” The former Crystal Palace chairman responded: “Sure and that’s why Nottingham Forest should name him, if they feel so aggrieved.” Forest secured European football for the first time in 29 years despite their disappointing draw to already relegated Leicester. But the result was a major blow in their pursuit of Champions League football with Forest now seventh with two matches left. Their next outing sees them take on West Ham at the London Stadium before finishing the campaign at home to rivals for a top five finish Chelsea.

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Simon Jordan tells Nottingham Forest they made Gary Neville error in statement

Nottingham Forest have been told to hold Gary Neville accountable for his social media criticism of their owner.

The former Manchester United captain hit out at Evangelos Marinakis after Sunday’s draw with Leicester where the Greek businessman berated Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo on the pitch immediately after full time.

Forest have been told to name Neville after his criticism of Marinakis

The club have clarified their owner entered the pitch out of concern for Taiwo Awoniyi

After the unsavoury incident, Neville said: “Scandalous from that Forest owner. Nuno should go and negotiate his exit tonight with him!

“The Forest fans, players and manager do not deserve that.”

However, the club later claimed in a statement that Marinakis had entered the pitch out of concern for striker Taiwo Awoniyi, denying suggestion of a ‘confrontation’ with Nuno.

The Forest forward had suffered an abdominal injury during the closing stages before being allowed to continue.

The injury was far worse than first feared with Awoniyi requiring surgery on Monday before being placed into an induced coma on Tuesday.

A statement from Forest on Tuesday, before it emerged Awoniyi was placed into a coma, cited the reaction of pundits to Marinakis’ behaviour.

It read: “In light of this, we urge former coaches and players, and other public figures in the game, to resist the urge to rush to judgement and fake news online, especially when they do not have the full facts and context.

“Baseless and ill-informed outrage for the purposes of personal social media traction serves no one — least of all the injured player.

“We call on these influential voices to show the same respect for player welfare that they often demand from others. Let concern come before commentary.

“At Nottingham Forest, we believe the mental and physical well-being of our players and coaching staff must always take precedence — over media narratives, inflammatory judgements, and certainly over self-promotion.

Simon Jordan believes Neville should have been named in Forest’s statement[/caption]

Forest called out ‘inflammatory judgements’ in an update on Awoniyi’s condition

“In moments like these, the game must unite around those who put their bodies and minds on the line every week. That’s what real leadership looks like in our game.”

Simon Jordan has now claimed Forest should have named Neville in their statement.

Discussing the club’s response on White and Jordan, Danny Murphy said the ex-England defender may regret his ‘spur of the moment’ reaction.

However, Jordan disagreed as he explained: “He’s written it on Twitter so it’s not spur of the moment. He’s had time to consider it.

“Unless he was doing commentary and typing at the same time. That’s a considered response. So he’s held accountable. It’s as considered as his observation.”

Murphy added: “He is held accountable, isn’t he? Because we’re talking about it.”

The former Crystal Palace chairman responded: “Sure and that’s why Nottingham Forest should name him, if they feel so aggrieved.”

Forest secured European football for the first time in 29 years despite their disappointing draw to already relegated Leicester.

But the result was a major blow in their pursuit of Champions League football with Forest now seventh with two matches left.

Their next outing sees them take on West Ham at the London Stadium before finishing the campaign at home to rivals for a top five finish Chelsea.