With the Adam Forshaw – Wigan Athletic rumours still rife yesterday, the top brass at Brentford turned to social media to hit back. Whilst the club site led with ‘official news’ such as player interviews and ticket updates, Twitter was very much the place to be as Chairman Cliff Crown, chief Executive Mark Devlin and Club owner Matthew Benham all added their own voices to the current transfer stories that have been doing the rounds.
Cliff was the first to jump, responding directly to a ‘Last Word’ piece looking at the current Forshaw situation. He noted that, “Its yet another example of a playing field that isn’t level! Wigan have EPL parachute payments to help fund moves like this!”
This wasn’t all, though. When asked that the club stand firm over this one, Cliff continued in positive form. “We will- the only thing I can promise you is that we will do everything we can to keep him”
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