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Ashley Fletcher completes £6.5m transfer to Middlesbrough from West Ham

Moving on | Ashley Fletcher played against Boro at the London Stadium in April: West Ham United via Getty Images
Moving on | Ashley Fletcher played against Boro at the London Stadium in April: West Ham United via Getty Images

Ashley Fletcher has completed his £6.5million move from West Ham to Championship side Middlesbrough.

The striker was given permission to fly back to England from the Hammers' training camp in Germany on Thursday to undergo a medical and discuss personal terms with Garry Monk's side.

After doing both of those on Friday, Fletcher put pen to paper on a four-year deal at Boro to bring an end to his single season at West Ham.

Fletcher only joined the east London side last summer following the expiry of his deal at Manchester United, and went on to score one goal against his former side in the EFL Cup quarter-final.

He found game time hard to come by, however, and fell further down the pecking order when West Ham signed striker Javier Hernandez from Bayer Leverkusen earlier this week and Marko Arnautovic from Stoke City in a club-record deal.