West Ham United captain Mark Noble says the club made a big transfer mistake back in 2006 which later benefited Nottingham Forest.
Mark Noble is a man with a lot on his mind at the moment given he is a lifelong West Ham fan turned captain overseeing another torrid season.
The Hammers are in very real danger of being relegated and sit just three points above the Premier League relegation zone with three games to play.
As well as being skipper of his boyhood club, Noble is also the longest serving player and has seen it all in his time in the West Ham first team.
But he took time out from the stresses of the relegation battle to commend former Hammer turned Nottingham Forest legend Chris Cohen on his retirement and had a dig at West Ham in the process.
“Came through the academy together, should have never let him leave so young, love you mate enjoy your retirement and your legendary status Forest legend,” Noble said on Twitter.
Cohen played 20 times for the Hammers and was popular with fans for his energetic performances, crunching tackles and wand of a left foot.
He was loaned to Yeovil and he joined the club on a permanent basis when he was released by the East Londoners in 2006.
His performances there persuaded Forest to part with a bargain £1.2million to bring him and Arron Davies to the City Ground and the rest as they say is history.
Cohen went on to play nearly 300 games for the Reds winning multiple player of the season awards and would undoubtedly have saved West Ham a lot of money and plenty of embarrassment had he been retained.
It is one transfer decision fans can’t blame unpopular owners David Sullivan and David Gold for, though, as they did not take over the club until 2010.
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