2 seasons... 7 goals... 1 new Aventador': Disgusted fans vent fury as Premier League flop striker is pictured posing with his brand new £260,000 Lamborghini - as his club faces relegation

Steven Fletcher a £40,000-a-week Premier League striker struggling for goals has been blasted by football fans after posing with his new £260,000 Lamborghini Aventador supercar. He has scored just seven times in two years for Sunderland, suffered a Twitter backlash after the photograph of him with the supercar on the driveway of his home went viral.

The four-wheel drive Aventador, which sells for between £242,000 and £295,000, has a top speed of 217mph, will return 17.6mpg and can perform 0 to 62mph in 2.9 seconds.

The 27-year-old footballer was criticised by fans who said the car was ‘undeserved’ and the timing of the photo was ‘really appalling’, after it began circulating three days before his team lost 4-0

However, his agent Scott Fisher told the Daily Record that Fletcher had not put the image on Twitter - adding that it was the company who sold the supercar who posted the picture online.

Mr Fisher said: ‘It wasn’t Steven that put the picture up. The company who were doing advertising on it done it. I don’t know what the problem is and what people are getting excited about.’

But Janet Rowan, from the Sunderland Supporters’ Association, said that ‘it was probably the straw that broke the camel’s back’ for low-income fans to see someone taking possession of such a car.

His partner Miss Monaghan, from Stepps, North Lanarkshire, is a 5ft 9in former Miss Scotland finalist - and in February 2013 was said to have been bought a £50,000 Mercedes 4x4 by Fletcher.

Sunderland sacked boss Gus Poyet last week after the 4-0 defeat to Aston Villa, before his replacement Dick Advocaat led the team to a 1-0 defeat at West Ham United on Saturday.

The club are now in 17th, one place and one point above the relegation zone, with their next fixture against Newcastle United in the 152nd Tyne-Wear derby this Sunday.

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