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  • Injured Pogba to miss Middlesbrough clash

    Injured Pogba to miss Middlesbrough clash

     

     

     

    Paul Pogba will miss Manchester United’s Premier League match against Middlesbrough on Sunday and withdraw from the France squad due to the hamstring injury he suffered against Rostov.

    United manager Jose Mourinho confirmed Pogba will be sidelined after having to be replaced two minutes into the second half of Thursday’s Europa League victory over the Russians.

    Mourinho’s men won 1-0 on the night at Old Trafford to seal a 2-1 aggregate triumph in the last-16 tie, but saw the France midfielder limp off to be replaced by Marouane Fellaini.

    The 24-year-old gestured to his leg and headed straight down the tunnel after sustaining the problem when pressing a Rostov player, applauding the home fans on his way off.

    “Yes, hamstring,” Mourinho said of Pogba’s injury at his post-match media conference.

    “I don’t know for sure how long, but no Middlesbrough and no national team.”

    Pogba had been named in France’s squad to face Luxembourg in World Cup qualifying and Spain in a high-profile friendly for next week’s international break.

    A goal from Juan Mata proved to be enough for United in a tense second leg, with Mourinho impressed by his side’s battling qualities.

    “Our plan was to kill the game when we had energy for that,” he said.

    “We tried to kill it in the first half, we hit the post, the keeper saved, we missed chances. Then they were trying, but my players fought hard.

    “Rostov are a very difficult team to play against because they defend with a block of 10 players. It was difficult for everyone. Atletico Madrid, Bayern, Anderlecht, Ajax, Sparta Prague, Man United – everyone found it difficult to play against them.

    “They are very organised, big discipline, and they can be dangerous on the counter-attack.”

  • Middlesbrough sign striker Gestede for £6m

    Middlesbrough sign striker Gestede for £6m



    Rudy Gestede has completed his move to Middlesbrough from Aston Villa.
    The Benin international has signed a contract until 2020 on Teesside, after completing a medical, with the fee officially undisclosed but thought to be in the region of £6million.
    Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka has acted quickly in a bid to cure his side’s problems in front of goal, with a deal done to beat off competition from both Crystal Palace and West Brom.
    Gestede is expected to be available for Boro’s FA Cup third-round clash with Sheffield Wednesday next weekend and the Africa Cup of Nations is not an issue as his country didn’t qualify.
    The 28-year-old becomes Karanka’s first signing of the January transfer window and could be a catalyst for the departures of both Jordan Rhodes and David Nugent.
    Gestede, who is renowned for his aerial strength, scored 32 league goals in 50 starts for Blackburn but his move to Villa in 2015 hasn’t fully worked out.
    The club were relegated from the Premier League last season and Gestede has spent more time on the bench than in the starting XI, making just eight starts.
    A short message on Villa’s club website read: ‘Thanks for your contributions, Rudy – and good luck for the future.’ Gestede will wear the No 29 shirt at Boro.

  • Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea: Moses grabs Man of the Match Award

    Middlesbrough 0-1 Chelsea: Moses grabs Man of the Match Award

    • Excited to be in Blues first XI

    Super Eagles forward Victor Moses continued his splendid form for Chelsea as he was named the Man-of-the-Match in the Blues 1-0 win against Middlesbrough at the weekend.

    Chelsea went through the month of October without a defeat or conceding a goal and had the incentive of going top with a victory at the Riverside after Arsenal dropped points against Manchester United.

    The Blues got the job done with a poacher’s strike from Diego Costa to record his tenth goal of the premier league season and the win left Moses delighted.

    “We showed good character from the start, we had a few chances in the first half which we should have taken,” Moses told Skysport just before he was presented the Man-of-the-Match Award by teammate Gary Cahill.

    “In the second half, they came at us and we were strong at the back. We did very well today.

    Moses also revealed his excitement on becoming a super regular under Antonio Conte after going on three different loans at the start of his Blues career.

    “I am delighted and excited to be in the first 11, the new manager wants to give the youngsters an opportunity to express themselves.

    “The top is very tight. The Premier League is a hard season and we want to take each game as it comes.”

    Chelsea are now top of the premier league log with 28 points after 12 round of matches.

  • Chelsea send Omeruo back to Middlesbrough

    Chelsea send Omeruo back to Middlesbrough

    English Premiership side, Chelsea, seem set to send Kenneth Omeruo back to Middlesbrough to continue his development.

    The move seems confirmed, following a statement by Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka, in an interview with British news station, Sky sports.

    “Chelsea want to send us the player on loan and we would like to have him back with us again,” Karanka told Sky sports in the interview.

    And the Middlesbrough manager has confirmed his desire to take Chelsea defender back to the Riverside Stadium on loan next season.

    The Chelsea youngster, who impressed at the World Cup, will return to England this week having further raised his profile with the Middlesbrough boss during his four appearances in Brazil.

    “I like Kenneth not because of what he has done at the World Cup, I like him because he’s a very good guy and very good player,” Karanka told Skysports.

    Omeruo made 14 appearances for Middlesbrough last season and Karanka would like to see the defender return to the Riverside Stadium.

    “He played those games in a very good way.I was in contact with him during the World Cup,he wants to join us”

    This may not be the news Omeruo fans wants to hear following his sterling display for Nigeria, with the whole world writing that Chelsea will need him next season.

  • Omeruo’s ‘Boro fail to break Leeds

    Omeruo’s ‘Boro fail to break Leeds

    By Uchenna Ajah

    Super Eagles defender, Kennedy Omeruo was in the thick of the action for Middlesbrough in their Championship barren draw with Leeds at their Riverside Stadium. A performance that saw ‘Boro’s goalless run stretch to six games and more than 10 hours after Leeds earned a point with the result at the Riverside.

    In a game of few clear-cut chances, Omeruo and his ‘Boro pals had the upper hand, but couldn’t find a way past the visitors’ debutant keeper, Jack Butland.

    The match started in lively fashion with both sides showing attacking promise, however, the game’s major talking point came in the 18th minute, when Leeds striker, Noel Hunt, tumbled in the area under pressure from Kenneth Omeruo, with referee, Anthony Taylor waving away his claims for a penalty.

    From then on Boro were restricted to efforts from range, which Butland was able to deal with easily.

    Leeds almost stole it at the death as Ross McCormack saw Shay Given turn his shot onto the post, however, the whistle had already gone for a foul on Jonathan Woodgate in the build-up.