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Steven Fletcher: Wolves striker hands in transfer request
Wolves striker Steven Fletcher has asked to leave the club after Sunderland made a £12m offer for the player on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old said on Twitter: "Just handed in a transfer request just to let the fans know where I am at right now.... #headsgone."
The Black Cats' bid is thought to be close to Wolves' valuation.
Fletcher by numbers
- 7 - Steven Fletcher scored the most headed goals in the 2011-12 Premier League
- 12 - Premier League goals Fletcher scored for Wolves last season.
Fletcher's former club Burnley will be due 15% of any profit Wolves make on a player they paid £7m for in 2010.
Wolves responded to the tweet with a club statement: "Wolves can confirm that Steven Fletcher has handed in an official transfer request.
"The player's frustration stems from the fact that several bids have been rejected for his services, none of which meets the club's valuation.
"As previously stated, no player will leave Wolves unless the club's valuation is met."
Sunderland are short of attacking options following the departures of Asamoah Gyan and Nicklas Bendtner.
Fletcher has two years remaining on his contract at Molineux, leaving Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey in a strong position to negotiate the best possible deal. O'Neill has made Fletcher, who scored 12 Premier League goals last season, his prime attacking target this summer.
No Sunderland player reached double figures in goals last season, with Bendtner and Stephane Sessegnon the top-scorers with eight.
O'Neill believes Fletcher, who scored seven headers last season, will give Sunderland's attack much-needed potency.
Fletcher has suffered Premier League relegations with Burnley and Wolves during the past three seasons, but his goals-to-games ratio is better than one in three.
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Comment number 121.
Chris15661st August 2012 - 11:21
@66 - No I don't have anything against Scots or Fletcher, just Sunderland
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Sedgers1st August 2012 - 10:59
Those referring to Fletcher as being one of Europe's most clinical strikers are referring to his shots to goals ratio in 2010/11.
Here's the link:
http://tinyurl.com/6x56aq9
Here's the salient piece:
"Steven Fletcher proved to be the most lethal hitman in the Premier League, with his 10 Goals (1 per 3.19 Shots) helping Wolves escape the drop by a single point."
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j60nta231st July 2012 - 21:48
Why don't we save ourselves 8 million and just go for DJ Campbell from QPR. They seem to be buying every available striker going on the market so they will be looking to offload a few. He didn't have much of a chance at QPR but was in top form when he played for Blackpool. I'd rate him over Fletcher and I think he'd link up well with Fraizer Campbell
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keeptheexitsclear31st July 2012 - 19:05
114. garyburgess, it's rather amusing that a Sunderland fan is talking about Fletcher, "showing what he can do for a 'poor' club".
The mighty Sunderland, last won the old Division One in 1936 and only one very brief appearance in the awful cup winners cup. What a joke. Listen Pal,some of your misguided fans might think you are a big club but no-one else does.You might stay up again this year.
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BlondeonBlonde8831st July 2012 - 17:25
10m for fletcher is a joke come on Short O'Neill what happend to the big statement about quality signings this will be another over priced average player on sunderland's books big step back.
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