BRITT ASSOMBALONGA is set to complete a £2m move to Bristol City tomorrow – with Robins striker Famara Diedhiou under consideration as one of the Middlesbrough captain’s potential replacements.

Bristol City officials held talks with the Middlesbrough hierarchy over the weekend, and are ready to table a formal offer for Assombalonga, who has entered the final six months of his current contract on Teesside.

Neil Warnock is willing to sanction Assombalonga’s departure, with the skipper having been an unused substitute in Saturday’s goalless draw at Norwich City.

However, the Boro boss will only allow the club’s record signing to leave ahead of tomorrow’s 11pm deadline if a guaranteed replacement is already in place.

That replacement could be Diedhiou, although there is little realistic chance of the two forwards being involved in a swap deal.

If Diedhiou does move to the Riverside tomorrow, it will be in a separate transfer to the one that is set to take Assombalonga to Ashton Gate.

Warnock has been monitoring Diedhiou’s position all month, with the 28-year-old, like Assombalonga, due to become a free agent in the summer.

Diedhiou played the full 90 minutes of Bristol City’s 1-0 defeat at Derby County, but has been told he does not have a long-term future with the Robins.

Middlesbrough are ready to offer him a move to Teesside, although he is not the club’s only deadline-day attacking target.

Warnock will make early-morning inquiries about another couple of options before deciding on his next move, having already brought in Yannick Bolasie and Darnell Fisher in the last four days.

There are likely to be deadline-day departures, with Boro willing to listen to loan offers for Lewis Wing and Hayden Coulson.