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Middlesbrough close to £14m deal for Britt Assombalonga with Nottingham Forest striker set for a medical

Britt Assombalonga is due for a medical at Middlesbrough after Nottingham Forest accepted a bid worth up to £14million for the striker.

Burnley have also been interested in the 24-year-old but were reluctant to go as high as Garry Monk’s side, who have been trying to negotiate a fee for a number of weeks.

Mark Warburton did not wish to lose his top scorer but it is understood a £15m release clause, written into the five-year contract penned last summer, weakened the club's position.

Britt Assombalonga is due for a  Middlesbrough medical after a u00a314million bid was accepted
Britt Assombalonga is due for a Middlesbrough medical after a £14million bid was accepted

Forest would have preferred to lose Assombalonga to a Premier League team but Monk has been backed significantly by chairman Steve Gibson during this transfer window.