It appears to be the end of the line for Fernando Forestieri at Sheffield Wednesday, according to Dom Howson of Yorkshire Live. During a recent Q&A session with some of the club’s supporters, he was asked whether or not he felt the 30-year-old had come to the end of his journey with the Owls.
The former Watford striker, who is now valued at £653k (as per Transfermarkt), was not part of Garry Monk’s squad that faced Nottingham Forest at the weekend and that came as a surprise to Howson who in response to the question, said: ‘It could be for Forestieri. I expected him to be in the squad last Saturday’.
Wednesday held Sabri Lamouchi’s promotion hopefuls to a 1-1 draw at the weekend thanks to Connor Wickham’s stoppage-time equaliser after Joe Lolley put the visitors in front (as per BBC Sport).
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Forestieri joined the Owls back in August 2015 in a deal reportedly worth £3.71m from Watford (as per Transfermarkt.co.uk) and has gone on to make 134 appearances for the club. During which, he has contributed 40 goals and provided 18 assists.
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This season, however, he has made just 17 appearances in the Championship, scoring twice and providing his teammates with two assists. The Argentina-born forward has been selected in the starting eleven for just 21% of their fixtures and therefore he has clearly fallen out of favour.
When he has featured, he has earned an underwhelming average performance rating of 6.64/10 according to WhoScored.com, making him Wednesday’s 13th most consistent performer – so you can understand why the club have decided against offering the player a new contract.