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Sky Sports APOLOGISE to Nottingham Forest for Gary Neville's 'mafia gang' slur after the club's bombshell statement on Premier League officiating last season

Nottingham Forest have received an apology from Sky Sports over language used by Gary Neville following their match at Everton on April 21.

After a 2-0 defeat in which Forest believed they were denied three penalties, the club posted an explosive statement on X, questioning the appointment of Stuart Attwell as VAR.

Neville likened Forest’s actions to those of a ‘mafia gang’, with club owner Evangelos Marinakis confirming to Mail Sport that his lawyers had ‘been in contact with Sky regarding Neville and this is not over yet.

'The comments and words he used were inappropriate, didn't correspond with reality and harmed people.