Tom Cleverley confirms Watford will report Blackburn Rovers star for ‘verbal comment’ amid more ‘drama’

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Watford fell to another defeat this weekend, but manager Tom Cleverley has unfinished business when it comes to one Blackburn Rovers star.

Despite flirting with the play-offs for a while, Watford are now languishing in midtable with nothing to play for in the final week of the season.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
8	BlackburnBlackburn	45	19	8	18	52	47	5	65
9	MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough	45	18	10	17	64	54	10	64
10	West BromWest Brom	45	14	19	12	52	44	8	61
11	SwanseaSwansea	45	17	9	19	48	53	-5	60
12	Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wednesday	45	15	12	18	59	68	-9	57
13	WatfordWatford	45	16	8	21	52	60	-8	56
14	NorwichNorwich	45	13	15	17	67	66	1	54
15	QPRQPR	45	13	14	18	52	63	-11	53
16	PortsmouthPortsmouth	45	14	11	20	57	70	-13	53
17	Oxford UnitedOxford United	45	13	13	19	46	62	-16	52

Their latest defeat helped Blackburn Rovers give their own play-off chances a massive boost, and the Lancashire club could yet sneak into the top six come the end of the season.

But, while Tom Cleverley might not be able to really begrudge Rovers the win based on their performance, he is very unhappy with one of their players for something he said on the pitch during the game.

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What Tom Cleverley said about Blackburn Rovers ace Lewis Travis

Speaking after his side’s defeat at Ewood Park on Saturday, Cleverley explained what happened between Blackburn captain Lewis Travis and Watford’s Eyo Kayembe.

He said: “I have never competed against Lewis Travis when he was not in the middle of the drama. I have spoken with the referee. There has been a verbal comment to one of our players. We will write a report on that.

“I could hear it from the sideline. We will out it in our report to the referee. Lewis Travis reported one of our players earlier in the season and he got a three game ban. It’s pretty poor behaviour.”

According to Alan Nixon, the remark is not thought to have been of a racial nature, but rules may still have been broken which could lead to an FA investigation.

Apparently, Kayembe made a complaint to the referee and the fourth official at the time of the incident.

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A fiery season in the Championship is coming to a heated conclusion

This is just another moment of controversy in a very eventful season in the second tier this year, with multiple clubs and figures getting pretty heated throughout the course of the campaign.

Earlier this year there was an alleged racial remark made by Milutin Osmajic against Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri. Not long after, the Preston North End striker scored against the Clarets to dump them out of the FA Cup.

Chris Wilder alone has served up a number of incidents, too. The Blades boss was fighting with Plymouth players in the tunnel after United’s defeat at Home Park, and also lambasted Burnley security for allowing promotion celebrations to spill over and endanger his players after defeat at Turf Moor last week.

We’ve also had a relentless relegation battle in the Championship which is going down to the wire, a three-horse title race until last week, and there are still two spots in the play-offs to fill.

For better or worse, there’s always something to talk about in the Championship, and that’s why it’s the best league in the world.