Former Wales striker Iwan Roberts says Elliot Lee "looks petty" after comments made following the midfielder's loan move from Wrexham to Doncaster Rovers.
Former Wales striker Iwan Roberts says Elliot Lee "looks petty" after comments made following the midfielder's loan move from Wrexham to Doncaster Rovers.
Lee joined League One side Doncaster on loan for the rest of the season on transfer deadline day.
The 31-year-old, a three-time promotion winner at Wrexham, said he was excited to play under Doncaster boss Grant McCann.
"I love the way he wants me to play and it's nice to feel valued again by the manager," Lee told Doncaster's club website.
"I really hope we can strike up a great working relationship and bring out the best in each other."
Lee's comments have been construed by some as a dig at Red Dragons boss Phil Parkinson.
Lee, who is under contract at Stoke Cae Ras until 2027, had been a key figure for Wrexham after joining in their non-league days, but has not played a league game for the Welsh club this season.
Roberts and fellow ex-Wales striker Sam Vokes discussed Lee's comment on the latest Feast of Football podcast.
"It looks petty. I don't know how he's been treated there [at Wrexham], but I think there are better players in front of him," Roberts said.
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"He plays a similar position to Nathan Broadhead, Lewis O'Brien and Josh Windass. He isn't getting in ahead of them.
"He's had a great three years at the club. Don't tarnish it because you've gone to Doncaster on loan. There might be a time you'll have to come back to Wrexham."
Vokes said: "It was always going to be hard for Parkinson to keep everyone happy given how fast the club has risen.
"I don't want to say the boys who got them there have been left behind, but it's always going to be hard to keep playing up a level and up a level and up a level.
"So, I think it's kind of caught a few of them up and it's felt like the right time for them to move on."
Lee was one of 10 players to leave Wrexham in January, with the likes of Paul Mullin and James McClean also moving on.
Parkinson, meanwhile, brought in Davis Keillor-Dunn, Bailey Cadamarteri and Zak Vyner in a bid to strengthen Wrexham's Championship play-off hopes.
Wrexham travel to fellow promotion hopefuls Millwall on Saturday (15:01 GMT).
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