Derby chairman Mel Morris has revealed that he was never comfortable with Chris Martin signing for Fulham on loan.
The striker moved to Craven Cottage on a season long deal in August under the management of Nigel Pearson.
After the Rams boss was replaced by Steve McClaren, the Rams were keen to get him back to the iPro and Martin made himself unavailable for their trip to Reading on December 30.
The striker eventually ended his absence in January and has subsequently signed a new deal at Derby.
Fulham are preparing for their Championship play-off semi final against Reading, with Martin available for the games but that hasn't stopped the Rams from bleating about the Scot's original move.
The Derby Telegraph quote Morris as saying: "The Chris Martin move I was never ever comfortable with."
They also reported Morris said he was unhappy about the situation "before and after", both as a "fan" and a "chairman".
"No disrespect to Matej (Vydra) but we hardly replaced like-for-like," he added.
"Matej was never going to be able to fill in for Chris... and I think that was one of the significant blows to the season."
Fulham have an option to buy Martin at the end of the season.
