The 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth in Burnley’s final game of the 2017/18 campaign brings into sharp focus the players who will be leaving us this summer – both those we already know about and those yet to be confirmed.
Massive thank you to everyone at @BurnleyOfficial for everything over the last 5 years.
Magnificent memories and Incredible fans … now enjoy the European tour 🎉 pic.twitter.com/fhG6PzRTnB— arfield (@scottyarf) May 14, 2018
One player in the ‘known about’ column is five-year servant Scotty Arfield, with manager Sean Dyche confirming he would be moving on this summer with a number of options available to him as he heads towards the day where he will hang his boots up, which many hope will be in plenty of years to come.
Scotland as a destination and Rangers appeared to be in pole position, and that has subsequently been confirmed.
Good luck to @scottyarf after completing move to @RangersFChttps://t.co/vIJCYpKqIp
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) May 14, 2018
The 29-year-old joined the club back in the summer of 2013 from Huddersfield Town and 193 appearances later with 22 goals in that time, he proved a snip as a free transfer and the Canadian international will remain in our history for the part his played in helping to get us, and then establish us in the Premier League.
Whilst his future is elsewhere, fans aren’t quick to forget his past and with a simple tweet, I’m sure he’d have been delighted with the response he received.
Best wishes super super Scottie arfield ????????UTC
— Matt Gardner (@savesupounds) May 14, 2018
Thanks Scott for your magnificent contribution to BFC. You will be missed. All the best for your future.
— Andrew Wood (@andrewmwood) May 15, 2018
Top job for us Scott. All the best for the move to rangers
— Martin Cook (@martinjcook84) May 15, 2018
You will always be Claret Scotty. Who put the ball in the B———- net. Super Scotty Arfield. UTC. Good luck with Rangers. You can turn over there rival now.
— shaun ormerod (@shaunormerod) May 14, 2018
Scotty Arfield one of the people ???????????????? #letsGo
— Greig (@greigf48) May 15, 2018
Best of luck to you too Scotty…..see you in Europe ????⚽️
— Peter Lister (@Peter_Lister) May 14, 2018
Good luck Scotty! You'll be missed massively down here and I hope Rangers appreciate you just as much as we do. Glad you still get to play in Europe with them as well.
— Lee Ashworth (@LAshworth91) May 14, 2018
Good luck in everything you do in future Scott. Five MAGNIFICENT years at my beloved Burnley. Thanks for everything.
— Gary Hitchen (@GaryHitchen1) May 14, 2018
Thankyou @scottyarf. Wore the shirt with pride and always gave your best and scored plenty of excellent goals. Good fortune to you @RangersFC. #UTC
— Stuart Rhodes (@StuartRhodes5) May 14, 2018
Best of luck in your next few years, Scott! You'll always be a Claret! ???? ⚽ ????
— When the Ball Moves (@BurnleyFanzine) May 15, 2018
No Scotty… Thank You ????????
— Swifty (@clarets76) May 14, 2018
Get him on the wall of Legends when he retires, he deserves it!
— Andrew Brown (@Thelateone) May 14, 2018
We're the ones who should be thanking you, the shifts you put in for us and of course there was "that goal". Exciting times ahead for us and Rangers.
— Andy (@nongdarko) May 15, 2018
Those tweets and well wishes are far from in the minority but this page is only so long!