Anounced today and has been injured for so long a lot of people probably have forgotten that he was knocking on the door for ongoing England selection. From memory the injury was suffered at an English training camp so legally there might be a compensation claim from his club. West Ham will apparently part with a sum of 3 m quid as part of his termination. Only 26 years old.

Sad could have been a great forward.

Was a great forward, he had THE LOT..

Left Foot from 25 Yards, Right Foot from 25 Yards, little dink over the Keeper if needs be, fantastic in the Air, Strong, Powerful, he was Mustard & i wouldn't have cared who he played for, he was Mustard..

It's so sad to think also, patrotically speaking, that Capello wants & is going to play with a big Forward..

Emile Heskey & Carlton Cole are nowhere near, nowhere near..

I'm gutted, truly gutted, Ashton was the nuts & trust me, i watched him enough to see that..