The Middlesbrough Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough say no — this time
The offer from St. Pauli for Will Lankshear was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Riley McGree 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
3 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sol Brynn gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match15 Aug 2026
Fulham take the points off Middlesbrough
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote Jack Mitchell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Mitchell 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Oliver Moore steps up from the Middlesbrough academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oliver Moore has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Middlesbrough promote Jason Turner from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Turner 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Morgan Whittaker 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.
In brief
- Squad Middlesbrough pick somebody else ahead of Federico Nicosia
- Boardroom Middlesbrough turn down the training-ground plan
- Player ratings Jeremy Sarmiento runs at them all day