Middlesbrough’s Head of Football has already made a decision that will prevent the club from signing a player today. Boro’s 2023/24 campaign did not go quite to plan for several seasons. The most notable was injury issues, with Michael Carrick having to make do without an average of 6.5 players for every Championship fixture last term. Another key problem at the Riverside Stadium going into the previous season was Boro lost a good chunk of their top stars in the summer of 2023. Chuba Akpom left for Ajax after scoring a staggering 29 goals in all competitions – the most of any Middlesbrough pla…
