Middlesbrough Football Club hope to keep Dave Kitson on a permanent basis.

The striker plans to return to Stoke City when his loan deal at the Riverside Stadium expires at the end of the year, but the Championship side are hoping to convince him to stay.

"If a player enjoys playing football every week and they are playing the type of football you like, then he is happy,” Boro manager Gordon Strachan told the official club website.

"I would like to think that if we can do that, then Dave will think again."

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