One Middlesbrough star stood out amongst the crowd during their opening weekend win. Boro have had one of their better summer transfer windows for some time under Steve Gibson. Middlesbrough have previously signed too many new players and struggled to embed them into the first-team squad. We saw this in the 2023/24 season when 14 signings were made and Michael Carrick failed to guide his team to a single victory in their opening five outings of the Championship campaign. The Boro chiefs have been much more methodical in their approach to the current window, however. Luke Ayling returned to the…
