Fulham manager Martin Jol has joined Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed in dismissing former manager Mark Hughes' claim the club lack ambition.
The Dutchman took the helm at Craven Cottage in the summer to fill the void left by former Manchester City boss Hughes, who said this week he left the club due to its lack of ambition.
The comments were met by a swift and scathing rebuttal by chairman Al Fayed in an open letter, which labelled the Welshman a "strange man" and a "flop".
While Jol did not comment on his predecessor this afternoon, he quickly dismissed the notion Fulham lacked the desire to press forward.
"The only thing was that Mark said the club was not ambitions and [Al Fayed] wanted to make the point that he was very ambitious and we were very ambitious," he said.
"I think he is very ambitious and I feel we are so for me that is no problem, but that was Mark Hughes.
"If he felt that was true then that is his opinion but the truth is always [somewhere] in the middle.
"[That said], it is not an opinion I support. He [Al Fayed] has supported us with the things we do.
"I can't even say most of the time as it is all of the time that he tries to do something.
"With Bryan Ruiz, even though it was probably not [the transfer fee] people think, he still spent a lot of money.
"Even if you pay it in instalments it is a lot of money and he backed us to do well.
"I think, especially in that sort of department, he shows his ambition all the time."
The Cottagers have started the season slowly but Al Fayed has backed Jol, describing him in his letter as a "top manager" and the man they always wanted.
The start echoes the one they made under Hughes as the Cottagers struggled until the new year last season, when they kicked on to finish eighth.
"They backed him as well, even when things were not going well," Jol said.
"The second half of the season was good, [although it helped that] they had a luxury of not being in all the cups.
"We play in Europe and then the FA Cup, hopefully to the end, after Christmas so we have to cope with that sort of thing.
"Until now the reactions of the chairman have generally been positive because he knows what I am doing and what I have to do here.
"I can tell you that you have to do a few things to make that squad better and try to improve the quality of the team and the players."
Fulham currently lie 17th in the table and have just one league win to their name.