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Middlesbrough sign West Ham striker Ashley Fletcher for £6.5m

Middlesbrough have confirmed the £6.5 million signing of Ashley Fletcher from West Ham.

Fletcher, 21, has agreed a four-year contract to become big-spending Boro's seventh new signing this summer.

The striker joined West Ham from Manchester United last year but started just two Premier League matches, and has been pushed further down the pecking order by the arrival of Javier Hernandez.

Hammers manager Slaven Bilic told West Ham's official website: "We got a fantastic offer for Ashley and ideally I wanted to help him with a different kind of scenario, but at the end of the day the offer was so good for the club and for him personally.