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The on-loan Derby striker refused to play in the abandoned game at Reading in December and New Year’s Day defeat to Brighton.

He soon returned to the fold but has barely figured for Slavisa Jokanovic’s side since signing a contract extension with his parent club in January.

“I’ve watched it from afar,” Rosenior told Starsport. “The thought of a player going on strike is totally alien.

“While Chris Martin is on loan to this football club, he is a Fulham football player. It’s as simple as that.

“Players and agents think they can control - why did he sign the contract in the first place?

“To go on strike from playing football is a disgusting thing because playing football is an honour.

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“How many people say, ‘I wanted to be a footballer’. It’s an amazing thing to do and I think players forget that.

“If they look back on their carer and think, ‘Oh God, I went on strike and I stopped playing football’ - it’s a ridiculous thing to do.

“It was something that I don’t agree with, I don’t know his reasoning but he’s gone down in peoples’ estimations because of it and he needs to build that up.”

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Martin has a decent return for Fulham - 11 goals in 34 appearances - and Rosenior believes he can win the majority of fans back by firing the club to promotion.

He added: “I think players should be looking at having a really good career playing - the money will come.

“History will not judge you well and players don’t realise that and that’s the advice I’d give to him - leave a legacy by what you do on the pitch.”

'IT'S ONLY BANTER' - The Autobiography of Leroy Rosenior By Leroy Rosenior with Leo Moynihan is out now via Pitch Publishing www.pitchpublishing.co.uk