Middlesborough are ready to race to sign Jordan Hugill before the transfer deadline closes.
Aston Villa, QPR and Leeds are also keen on signing him but Middlesbrough know they would stand every chance of winning that battle on personal terms because of the player’s roots as he was born in Hemlington, Middlesborough.
Hugill was a boyhood Middlesbrough fan who used to be a season ticket holder during the Juninho years, and loved watching Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink and Mark Viduka in action. Such links would make it extra special for him to head back to Teesside, where he used to play Northern League for Marske and then work as a barman in the town’s Dickens Inn on a night.
Middlesbrough has just allowed Patrick Bamford to head to Leeds United in a £7m deal this week and it would be no surprise to see Britt Assombalonga and Martin Braithwaite leave too if the price was right.
Bye bye Jordan Hugill. Keep smiling mate. I’m sorry you had the pee taken out of you. Hope you become the championship leading scorer get promoted, become a proven premier league striker and play for England like lambert and hardy before you. Don’t think it’s going to happen. But you never know.
Hardy? Vardy
Felt sorry for Jordan at West Ham, so good luck to him….. Jordan’s a decent bloke. I’m sure he’s learned a lot in training which will serve him well at Middlesbrough or wherever.