West Ham United striker Ashley Fletcher has left the club’s pre-season training camp in Germany ahead of his proposed move to Championship side Middlesbrough.
The Sun reports that a £7 million fee between the clubs has been agreed for the youngster, and Fletcher will now fly home for talks with Garry Monk’s side.
Fletcher joined West Ham only last summer on a free transfer from Manchester United, but has since struggled to make an impact at the London Stadium, with opportunities for first team football lacking. The 21-year-old made only 2 starts last season, and with the Hammers having only last week completed the signing of Javier Hernandez from Bayer Leverkusen, Fletcher now finds himself further down the pecking order.
Only recently the striker committed his future to club by saying he wanted to stay and fight for his place, however following Middlesbrough’s huge £7 million offer and the opportunity for more regular football, it now appears Fletcher’s short career as a West Ham player is nearing it’s close.
Fans have taken to Twitter to share their thought’s on the young forward’s departure ….
£7m for Ashley Fletcher would be best bit of business done by anyone in the history of football. AWFUL player, not even good enough for Boro
— Jack Lebeau 🏴 (@JackLebeau66) July 26, 2017
Ashley Fletcher is a decent signing for #Boro but 7 million for a striker only proven in League One seems a risk #WHU #UTB
— One Game at a Time (@onegameatatime4) July 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/FirstTipping/status/890521399307186176
https://twitter.com/R_Fletch_85/status/890520518788603904
https://twitter.com/James_Murray93/status/890520024640827395
We've sold Daren Randolph and Ashley Fletcher to Middlesbrough for a combined total of £12m lmao
— Joshua (@joshuahardy__) July 27, 2017
Shame he was never really given a chance! Should do well at boro! Good luck @AshFletcher___ #whufc
— Calum Fisher (@calumfisher) July 27, 2017
Ashley Fletcher for 7m hahahha
— Rhythm of Zat Knight (@93rdmin) July 27, 2017
I like the idea of Ashley Fletcher. Shame it never come into fruition. £7m is good business. #COYI
— Pep (@UglyKidPep) July 27, 2017
West Ham will regret selling Ashley Fletcher permanently to Middlesbrough. He'll develop well under Monk and get game time. #WHUFC #Boro
— Dan (@DanBonzo) July 27, 2017
getting 7/8 million for ashley fletcher looool, football has lost it's head!!
— el soulja (@elsoulja_) July 27, 2017
