Patrick Bamford is heading back to Chelsea after Burnley were told to cut short his loan deal.

Bamford has been pulled out of Sean Dyche's squad for the Premier League game against Southampton after Middlesbrough launched a bid to sign the striker.

The former England under-21 international has made only six appearances as a substitute for Burnley since signing on a season's loan but is now set for the seventh move of his Chelsea career.

Aitor Karanka, the Middlesbrough manager, is keen to resign Bamford - who scored 17 league goals for the club in the 2014-15 season - and talks are understood to have already begun with Chelsea over a possible deal.