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[bombaybadboy08 15,660]

SCOTLAND star Steven Fletcher yesterday defended himself over his new £260,000 Lamborghini Aventador supercar.

The 27-year-old Sunderland striker suffered a backlash after a picture of him posing with the motor on the drive of his luxury home was posted online.

Furious Black Cats’ fans questioned his decision to flaunt his wealth while the club are
battling relegation and have just sacked manager Gus Poyet.

Injury-hit Fletcher, who earns £40,000 a week, has scored just four goals for Sunderland this season and just seven in two years at the club.

However his agent Scott Fisher insisted Fletcher had not posted the car photo on Twitter.

He blamed the company who sold the Lamborghini for putting the picture online.

Fisher added: “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.” Fletcher was shown last week posing with the car which was parked in his driveway just feet from a £160,000 Bentley.

One angry fan later tweeted: “This is where the Sky money goes, into mediocre players’ pockets while lower league clubs can barely afford their academy.”

Another fan blasted: “There is no way he is good enough to have that kind of lifestyle.

“This is what is wrong with the game.” A third fan added: “Two seasons, 7 goals, 1 new Lamborghini Aventador.”

The Italian giant’s Aventador model is one of the most expensive cars.

Bruce Wayne even drove one in Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises.

Fletcher began his career with Hibs before lucrative moves to Burnley, Wolves and Sunderland racking up transfer fees totalling more than £20million.

The Lamborghini boob is not the first time he has fallen foul of social media.

In January, he posted images of himself on Instagram having spat on the back of a rickshaw driver taking him to a night out in London.

Footage and images of the incident were later removed from the player’s account.

Fletcher also sparked fury in 2012 when he tried to flog his new ­clothing range to 100,000 Twitter followers just hours after Scotland had failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals.

[bombaybadboy08 15,660]

That's a new one, the advertising company know his password

[MacBoyd 5,438]

He has the money to buy one so who cares

[JamieD 18,934]

He has the money to buy one so who cares

To be fair, the people who pay his wages are as entitled to be as disgruntled as you would be if one of your employees was shite at their job and kept flaunting the proceeds of their shiteness.

It's not his fault, obviously, but players like Fletcher being on wages like that is the reason it costs so much for people to go and watch their club play.

[cumnockbear 2,446]

They are right, he's shite and shouldn't be living a lifestyle like that, a reject of a player, if i remember right he was linked to Real years ago ?

[The Socrates. 1,415]

and the bentley in the drive as well or aston martin or whatever that other one is

[Moody Blue Legend 61,462]

Surprised he can get his ears in that thing.

[dee9 3,972]

Makes me fucking sick looking at that picture to be fair

[dee9 3,972]

Surprised he can get his ears in that thing.

He cant thats why he has to leave the doors open like in picture

[Ger77 742]

Thought it was about us and saved in the wrong part of the forum before I opened it.

[JamieD 18,934]

His expertly sculpted buxuses (buxi?) appear to be dead. MONEY CAN'T MAKE YOU A GOOD GARDENER THEN EH STEVEN?

[G.E.C. 18,761]

How much is he on a week? Must be about £100k surely?

[Goianegra 4,682]

It clearly states in the article it's a Bentley next to it and he's on £40k a week

[EastEnclosureBear 2,919]

They should be annoyed at Sunderland for paying him that amount of money to buy one of these. I don't blame the guy I'd love to be paid that much amount of money for being as shite as he is.