STEVEN Fletcher has insisted he is happy to honour his contract at Burnley despite reports linking him with a move to Owen Coyle’s Bolton Wanderers this summer.

There has been speculation that the 23-year-old may leave the relegated Clarets after impressing with 13 goals since Coyle signed him from Hibernian in a club record £3m deal a year ago.

But the striker, who has three years left on his contract, says he is prepared to remain at Turf Moor in the Championship after seeing Scotland international team-mates James McFadden and Graham Dorrans prosper by helping their clubs return to the Premier League at the first attempt.

McFadden stayed with Birmingham, who Burnley face at St Andrew’s tomorrow in their final away game of the season at 12.45pm, when they were relegated two years ago and is now looking forward to a second successive campaign back in the top flight.

Similarly Dorrans remained with West Bromwich Albion when they went down last season but has seen his reputation grow significantly after being one of the stars of the Championship this term.

Fletcher has been one of several Clarets players linked with a switch to Bolton this summer but, asked if he would find a move to the Reebok Stadium hard to turn down if an offer came in, he said: "That’s down to the clubs really, if they come to an agreement.

“But I've got three years left on my contract and I'm happy where I am.

“As far as I’m concerned I’ll get on with it.

“The club have welcomed me and I’ve enjoyed it.

"James McFadden and Graham Dorrans stayed at their clubs and came straight back.

“It’s not a bad thing to be going down. I think we've got a good enough squad to come straight back up.”

Birmingham are also one of the clubs linked with a move for Fletcher, with boss Alex McLeish having worked with him in the Scotland set-up and during the striker’s early days at Hibernian.

Towards the end of Fletcher’s time at Hibs the forward had pleaded with the SPL club to let him join Celtic but he has enjoyed his time at Burnley enough to be in no hurry to take a similar stance now.

"I think I’ve adapted well,” he said.

“It's different from up in Scotland, so I had to change my game a little bit, but I think I’ve done well and got a few goals.

"I thought we fought well in the league, there weren't any walkovers for anyone, we always gave teams a good game.

"Some people say you can't play your way to safety, but in the first half of the season we showed we were good enough to pass the ball.

"It just didn't happen in the second half. The manager will look at that and correct it.

"You see it a lot when clubs change their manager halfway through the season, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

“You get a change of players, a change of staff, but it is a long, hard season and you need to be mentally strong. We just fizzled out a bit.

“It’s the best league and we’ll try hard to get back now.

“We need to start now to prepare for next season. We will do over the summer as well. We don’t want to let heads go down.

"If we can add to our squad next year, with what we've already got, there's no question we've got a great chance.”