Burnley owner JJ Watt makes honest admission after Nottingham Forest's social media post complaining about Premier League officials goes viral

After Nottingham Forest was denied three obvious penalty shouts during their 2-0 loss to Everton, the relegation battlers made a scathing post on X attacking the level of refereeing in the Premier League and the supposed biased refereeing during the clash. Watt, an NFL star, echoed the Tricky Reds' sentiments in a post on X as he admitted he would post the same thing in that situation if Burnley faced similar officiating.

Commenting under Nottingham's X post, Watt said: "This is about what it might look like if I took over control of our official club account."

Watts is not a newbie to the criticism of Premier League referees and has himself complained multiple times as he believes that a lot of decisions have gone against Burnley this season.

During an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show, Watt said: "As a small club, with some of those things you don’t have a voice necessarily, you don’t have the ability to speak up. I’m happy to be that voice because I do know what it feels like to be a fan and literally an owner in those situations. This season it does seem oddly stacked up in a certain way and you start to get those official apology letters multiple times and you’re like: ‘Okay, how many times do we get these letters before we take a look at this whole thing here?'"

The NFL veteran is now one of several well-known investors in British football clubs, joining fellow American football legend Tom Brady, a board member at Birmingham, and Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney who are now co-owners at Wrexham.

Despite the celebrity takeover last year, Burnley's fate in the Premier League has been doomed since the start of the season as they have only managed five wins in the league. However, Nottingham's loss could spell potential safety for the Clarets as they sit just three points off the Reds in 17th place in the standings.