According to the Mirror, Middlesbrough are set to join to race for Ashley Fletcher and are prepared to offer £7m to sign him on a permanent basis.
New Boro manager Garry Monk wants Fletcher to help bolster his squad as he looks to get them back to the Premier League at the first time of asking since getting relegated last season.
Monk is such a big fan of Fletcher that he is prepared to bid £7m for him after failing to land the former Manchester United striker on a free transfer last summer whilst he was manager of Leeds.
Watford, Brighton and Huddersfield are other clubs who want Fletcher but they only want him on loan.
Boro have already brought in £24m worth of attackers in Martin Braithwaite and Britt Assombalonga and are prepared to bring in West Ham’s Fletcher to take that sum up to £31m.
It doesn’t look likely that Fletcher will get first-team football at West Ham, with the recent arrival of Javier Hernandez from Bayer Leverkusen for £16m, as well as Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho being ahead of the 21-year-old and West Ham’s business is not done yet.
Middlesbrough have already signed a West Ham player struggling for first team football in Darren Randolph for £5m so could Fletcher be the next player to make the switch?
