The Middlesbrough Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Ibrahim Sangaré at that price
Middlesbrough offered $22.2M; Nottingham Forest said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Alysson Edward
Middlesbrough asked and Aston Villa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Leo Castledine moves on
AS Roma pay $9.1M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Jeremy Sarmiento beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $9.1M sale of Leo Castledine
He is going to AS Roma, the club has $9.1M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Aidan Morris pops up at the right end — 7.70
7.70, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough go back to the board over Jakov Medić
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $542.6K — a club that wants Jakov Medić enough to be asked twice.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Radek Vítek in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Middlesbrough this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
7 academy players handed senior numbers at Middlesbrough
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
In brief
- Market Swindon Town watching Ashley Phillips
- Market David Butler steps up from the Middlesbrough academy
- Market Middlesbrough promote Steven Smith from within