Fulham defender Dejan Stefanovic has released the following statement following media reports ahead of Fulham's game against Portsmouth last weekend:
“Last week an article appeared in a local Portsmouth newspaper previewing Sunday’s crucial game at Fratton Park. I was deeply disappointed and angered to find I had been misquoted in the feature. To my dismay the quotes were subsequently repeated in the Sun newspaper on Saturday in an article written by a journalist I had not even spoken to.
“I would like to make it clear that despite not being involved last Sunday I was 100% behind the team and delighted to see the boys get the win that retained the club's Premier League status. On a weekend when I should have been toasting my colleagues I was saddened to read fabricated quotes that were in no way representative of my feelings towards the game and our season.
"I am delighted that we won at Fratton Park and that the fans will be watching Premier League football again next season at Craven Cottage, and I would like to apologise to those fans and of course the Club's Chairman, for these incorrect quotes appearing in the press in the build up to such a big game."
