The Swansea City Chairman was incensed after it was claimed that Pratley – along with Cardiff's Peter Whittingham – have rejected new deals because they want to play for Forest.<\/p>\n
The comments were made my Forest Chief Executive in a radio interview over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Hitting back Jenkins told the Western Mail “It’s complete rubbish and we will have to discuss whether we take action <\/p>\n
“Someone has to take a stand against this sort of thing. When someone is that blatant, we have to stand up for ourselves.<\/p>\n
“Perhaps Forest think we are a small club and, because they won some trophies a few decades ago, they can walk all over us.<\/p>\n
“I can assure everyone that is not the case. We will only sell a player when the deal is right for us.<\/p>\n
“I just can’t understand why the authorities are not stronger about this. Legally, the only time a player can talk to other clubs is if we accept an offer.<\/p>\n
“It makes you wonder what contracts are for nowadays. If a player wants to leave should we just rip up his contract?<\/p>\n
“This sort of thing takes us down a route no-one wants. There’s no stability for anyone, especially not players, if contracts become meaningless.<\/p>\n
“It’s just a tactic to try and unsettle the player. They don’t want him to perform for us so that, in the end, we decide to give Darren away for nothing.<\/p>\n
“But we don’t work that way and we won’t be bullied. If a player has a contract, they are our player until we decide otherwise.<\/p>\n
“Forest have to pay us what we think Darren is worth, not what they want to pay.<\/p>\n
“If you want to buy a house you don’t go in, offer half the asking price and expect to have it accepted.<\/p>\n
“He (Arthur) is a quite highly-regarded part of the Football League set-up and is always on different committees and panels,” he added.<\/p>\n
“So he knows the rules and regulations better than most.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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