Morgan Whittaker sends message to Plymouth fans as £6m Middlesbrough transfer sealed

Middlesbrough person swooped to motion Morgan Whittaker successful the January transportation model from Plymouth aft the striker fell retired of favour nether caller brag Miron Muslic

Morgan Whittaker wants to convey Plymouth fans for their enactment - and insists helium has NEVER pulled retired of a match.

Whittaker has completed a £6m determination to Middlesbrough but volition ever stay grateful to Plymouth supporters for their backing during his 2 years astatine Home Park. The 24-year-old striker besides wants to acceptable the grounds consecutive aft Plymouth brag Miron Muslic accused the striker of not turning up for Wednesday night’s 5-0 decision to Burnley.

But Whittaker, who has scored 24 goals successful 72 games for Plymouth, says helium was afloat committed to the club, gave everything for the fans and ever made himself disposable for selection. Whittaker was the match-winning leader of Plymouth’s FA Cup triumph astatine Brentford earlier this period and helium has ever enjoyed the enactment the fans person fixed him.

Whittaker spoke with Muslic connected Tuesday greeting up of the Burnley game. Muslic made it wide that helium was not successful his plans for the crippled and was not up for enactment anyway. Muslic past worked connected signifier up of the Burnley crippled but Whittaker was not progressive successful that league and was told to bid with the different players who had besides not been selected for the squad.

That determination was taken due to the fact that the nine had made it wide they were acceptable to merchantability Whittaker this period amid involvement from Middlesbrough and different clubs, including Burnley. Whittaker attended the Burnley crippled - and was seen connected Sky cameras - and adjacent happily trained connected Thursday with the remainder of the squad.

There was beardown involvement successful Whittaker past summertime but helium stayed enactment and the nine had said they would commencement negotiations implicit a caller declaration successful September. That did not materialise and Plymouth again were unfastened to offers successful this model and said they would lone commencement talks astir a caller woody successful February if helium ended up staying.

Whittaker wants to permission connected bully presumption with the Plymouth fans and marque it perfectly wide that helium ever gave everything for the nine and ne'er refused to play oregon train.

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