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Forest Green have completed the shock deadline day signing of Ben Liddle on loan from Championship side Middlesbrough.

Earlier in the day, Rovers boss Mark Cooper said there would be no more players coming through the door at the New Lawn but the signing was announced 30 minutes before the transfer window closed.

In another late deal, striker Tahvon Campbell has joined League One club Gillingham on loan from Forest Green until the end of the season.

The 20-year-old will join Forest Green until the end of the season and links up with former teammates Nathan McGinley and Junior Mondal.

Liddle is a central midfielder whose father Craig made made 25 appearances for Boro and over 250 for Darlington and is now the Middlesbrough Academy manager.

A regular at the heart of the midfield of the Under-23s at the Riverside, he signed his first professional contract in October 2016.

He has captained the Under-23s and is a combative midfielder who likes to get on the ball and start moves.

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Campbell signed a one-year deal with Rovers last summer as a free agent after being on loan at The New Lawn from West Bromwich Albion the season before.

The 22-year-old made 14 appearances during his loan stint, with two goals in three starts including a strike against Cambridge United on debut.

He has gone on to make 24 appearances this season, scoring five goals, including important goals against Newport County and Cheltenham Town during the month of December.

He joins Gillingham with the Gills sitting in 18th place in League Two, a point outside the bottom four.