The Middlesbrough Gazette
Market3 Jul 2028
Middlesbrough turn down Bournemouth for Leo Castledine
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout3 Jul 2028
Ashley Fletcher says Middlesbrough went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market3 Jul 2028
Junior Sambia has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Middlesbrough they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad3 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Middlesbrough
Joelinton and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets3 Jul 2028
No deal for Cláudio Silva at that price
Middlesbrough offered $880.0K; Preston 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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Timo Werner falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout3 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Aidan Morris
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market3 Jul 2028
Middlesbrough promote Christopher Bennett from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christopher Bennett has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market3 Jul 2028
One of our own: Charles Ross joins the Middlesbrough first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Charles Ross is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Sontje Hansen wants to go home
- Squad Micah Hamilton has improved at 24, which nobody expected
- Boardroom Intake day at the Middlesbrough academy