Ins and Outs

A Round Up of Boro's ins and outs with less than half an hour to go till the transfer deadline

Ins
So far, Boro have only completed two signings since that of Mido just over a week ago and that is that they've signed fellow Egyptian international Mohammed Shawky on a 3-year deal, from African club champions Al Ahly for just £650,000.

Shawky, like captain George Boateng, is a defensive midfield player and has earned over 40 caps for Egypt and, by all accounts, has really impressed Boro officials, including Gareth Southgate, during his trial period at Rockliffe park.

Another confirmed 'in' for Boro is 24-year-old midfielder Garry O'Neil from Portsmouth. The two clubs agreed on a £5 million fee for the player, who will fix Boro's ongoing right sided midfield problem, earlier today and had been undergoing a medical.
However the deal looked to be scrapped as O'Neil, suffering from a long-standing ankle problem, failed his medical and Boro looked to re-negotiate terms.
It is now believed that the fee will be based on O'Neil's appearances as boss, Gareth Southgate attempts to avoid the mistake he made when signing Robert Huth for £6 million from Chelsea, after he failed a medical with a similar problem.

One potential 'in' for Boro is Manchester City's Georgias Samaras, who has been left out of Sven's squad for the weekend and has reported showed keen interest to stay in England, after being told he could leave. Boro's interest was made public earlier in the week, though no deal has been thrashed out and it looks likely that the deadline will come before a deal is completed.

Just a quick word on the 'outs' for Boro. The club, today, confirmed that Jason Euell, who failed to make it big at Boro, has joined Southampton on a free transfer and will fit straight into their squad for this weekends game.

Also Boro have confirmed that they have allowed local lad, David Knight (goalkeeper) join Swansea on a one-year deal to cover Dorus De Vries.