West Brom will look to sell midfielder Oliver Burke when the transfer window reopens, a report from The Athletic has claimed.
Burke joined the Baggies from RB Leipzig for a reported £15million back in the summer of 2017, but has gone onto make just 24 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring once.
Having spent time on loan with Celtic last season, Burke has spent the current campaign on loan in Spain with La Liga outfit Alaves, and it now looks as though the Baggies will look to secure a permanent exit for the Scot this summer.
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According to the latest reports, West Brom are keen to sell Burke in order make back some of that fee they paid for him three years ago.
However, the report also suggests that a more likely outcome could see Burke remain a West Brom player for the next two seasons, before eventually leaving the club when his contract expires at the end of the 2021/22 season.
Taking to Twitter to react to that news, plenty of West Brom fans were unsurprisingly far from complimentary about Burke, with many nominating the midfielder as one of their worst ever signings.
Here, we take a look at what some of them had to say.
Our worst ever signing.
— Neil Edmunds (@tronifer) July 11, 2020
While he still holds value 🤔🤦♀️
— Louise Hickman (@Loubiewba) July 11, 2020
Probably the worst purchase made by the Club – price v games v resale
— John Wilson (@johndwilson) July 11, 2020
Yet another Pulis blunder
— Derek Poulton (@DerekPoulton) July 11, 2020
Massive loss of money spent on this poor footballer
— DaZ_GuEsT (@DarrenGuest7) July 11, 2020
One of our biggest disappointments with that price tag….obviously didn’t learn from it (zohore) 🤦🏼♂️😂
— Andy Poole (@AndrewP66683304) July 11, 2020
Get 3M for him and I’d be fine
— Baz 🤙🏼🇧🇷 (@ftblchaz) July 11, 2020
Lazy, non-committal, sullen, moody…. A massive mistake.
Be lucky to get £5 million for him.
— Ned J (@NedJ55135980) July 11, 2020