Peterborough chief executive Bob Symns has attempted to distance the club from the public spat involving Barry Fry and Darren Ferguson.
In an interview with BBC Radio Nottingham that was aired on Tuesday, director of fottball Fry claimed Ferguson held talks with Championship rivals Nottingham Forest with a view to becoming manager at the City Ground.
Fry went on to say that those "unsettling" meetings were done behind the back of Posh chairman Darragh MacAnthony and allegedly scuppered two summer transfer deals the club was conducting.
Ferguson responded by saying he does not like working with Fry and that he suspects the club's former manager is trying to force him to resign by using "underhand tactics that he has employed before".
"Following recent interviews given by the director of football and the football manager, personal opinions were given that were not sanctioned by Peterborough United Football Club Limited," Symns said via a statement released on behalf of the football club.
"It is always the intention of the board to conduct all football business in a professional and considered manner whereby content is deemed to be beneficial, factual and necessary. In light of the public exchanges, the club wishes it to be known that at a formal meeting, the situation was discussed with appropriate measures bringing closure to the matter."
