Albert Adomah has hit out at parent club Nottingham Forest as their dispute with Cardiff City appeared to reach an ugly conclusion on Monday.
The winger has been on loan at the Bluebirds this season and manager Neil Harris is clearly a fan, having selected him in every game other than the two for which he was not available - the FA Cup tie with Reading and the clash against his parent club.
In January, Adomah signed what he thought was a loan deal until the end of the season in the Welsh capital, which actually comes to an end on June 30.
Both player and Harris were keen for the temporary stay to be extended to the end of the disjointed season, however parent club Forest retained the right to recall him if they wished.
As such, despite there being seven games left in Cardiff's unlikely play-off push, he is now being forced to return to Forest.
Responding to a post on a Nottingham Forest fan Instagram account yesterday, Adomah said: "[It's] Simple: I can't play if I come back. They shouldn't have loaned me out in the first place.
"Now i'm helping another club, Forest are playing hard ...
"Guys, please remember one thing: I did not want to leave Forest. Fact!
"Sometimes players get treated like... Before you leave any comments, please thing carefully."
Earlier today, a fuming Harris blasted the EFL and called Forest's integrity into question.
Albert’s last game for us will be tomorrow, unless something changes," Harris said.
"I spoke to Nottingham Forrest myself to understand their thinking and took their reasons on board. Ultimately, they want to be promoted. I understand their club perspective, but I can’t understand at all how the EFL have got themselves into this situation and let it develop.
"It is a complete lack of leadership and ownership, a complete lack of guidance from them. It is a disgrace. I couldn’t be more fuming with anybody as I am with the EFL at the moment.
"My only thought on Forest is that they signed a loan agreement with us to take it to the end of the season after the play-offs. The integrity of that is my only question. That’s all they have to answer."
