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Nottingham Forest have launched legal action against Sky Sports following the network's coverage of a social media post in which the club questioned the appointment of referee Stuart Attwell to one of their matches.
The news arrives as Sky Sports took the decision to remove an article from their website on Friday night in which Gary Neville appeared to backtrack on comments calling for former referee Mark Clattenburg to resign from his role at the City Ground following the controversial statement.
Sources close to Sky Sports insist the decision to withdraw the piece was purely an editorial decision and not related to any ongoing legal matter.
We revealed last month that Forest were considering suing Sky for their coverage of the now infamous post on X, the social media network formally known as Twitter.
And Mail Sport has learned the removal of the article comes after Forest submitted a legal letter to Sky Sports in response to their reaction to the events that unfolded following their 2-0 loss at Everton on April 21.
Nottingham Forest have taken legal action against Sky Sports after Gary Neville's mafia slur
Pundit Neville had initially called for Mark Clattenburg to resign from his role at the club
After the loss to Sean Dyche's side, the club released a controversial statement revealing they had contacted the referees body PGMOL to flag concern over Attwell being appointed as the match VAR because he is a supporter of relegation rivals Luton Town.
Forest were subsequently denied what they believed were three penalties at Goodison Park and Attwell did not send on-field referee Anthony Taylor to his pitchside monitor to
