Referees’ chief Howard Webb will hold peace talks with Nottingham Forest’s owners this week at which the VAR audio of their three penalty appeals in Sunday’s controversial defeat at Everton will be played to the club.
Forest requested access to referee Anthony Taylor’s conversations with VAR Stuart Atwell earlier this week after criticising the latter’s appointment for the game at Goodison Park on the grounds that he is a “Luton fan,” with refereeing body PGMOL happy to oblige.
PGMOL’s protocol is to make VAR audio available to any club that requests it, with Webb understood to be planning to play the recordings to Forest in an online meeting this week before their next game against Manchester City on Sunday.