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Rav van den Berg Middlesbrough transfer 'benefit' as new signings promised
Rav van den Berg Middlesbrough transfer 'benefit' as new signings promised

Yahoo

time3 days ago

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  • Yahoo

Rav van den Berg Middlesbrough transfer 'benefit' as new signings promised

ROB Edwards has again promised that Middlesbrough will strengthen their squad with new signings before the end of the month - reiterating that the coaching and recruitment team "know where we're at and what we need to do". Edwards also admitted that confirmation of Rav van den Berg's FC Koln move will "benefit everyone", with the defender having yesterday travelled to Germany to undergo his medical and put the finishing touches to his transfer. Edwards couldn't say much on the matter last night, insisting his focus yesterday had been on preparing for the Carabao Cup tie against Doncaster Rovers, which Boro lost 4-0. But he'll be glad when the matter is resolved, with van den Berg uncertainty having rumbled away in the background for a number of weeks. "It will benefit everyone, of course," said the head coach. "You don't want these things rolling on too long. It won't affect the lads in the dressing room. "The whole thing has been very amicable and he's been good around the lads and good around training. "He and I have kept a good relationship throughout it as well. We want that resolved as quickly as possible so we can all move forward." RECOMMENDED READING: Rob Edwards' brutally honest Middlesbrough verdict & transfer fact 'we all know' Boro transfer need clear but for Rob Edwards there's another painful takeaway The focus at Rockliffe in the final weeks of the window is on strengthening the squad, with Boro prioritising the signing of a striker and a left wing-back. Other areas and potential targets are also being assessed. Asked whether van den Berg's exit will provide Boro with more transfer funds in the final weeks of the window, Edwards said: 'I think things are there anyway and we're working hard behind the scenes. "I know everyone will get bored of me saying that, but there will be people coming in. "Tonight [the Doncaster defeat] doesn't change anything. I'm pretty clear on where we're at and what I think we need to do. "I think Kieran and all the recruitment team are as well. "I think tonight just highlighted one or two bits, but nothing that we didn't already know. They made 11 changes tonight, so, listen, we know where we're at and what we need.'

Boro transfer need clear but for Rob Edwards there's another painful takeaway
Boro transfer need clear but for Rob Edwards there's another painful takeaway

Yahoo

time4 days ago

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Boro transfer need clear but for Rob Edwards there's another painful takeaway

ROB Edwards described Middlesbrough's opening day Championship win over Swansea as a dream, but their "painful" Carabao Cup defeat to Doncaster Rovers was something of a disaster. On the day Boro agreed a deal to sell Rav van den Berg, the 4-0 thumping at home to Doncaster's second string emphasised why the focus is now very much on incomings in the final weeks of the summer transfer window. The lack of depth in Edwards' squad was on show at the Riverside on Tuesday night. That said, Grant McCann made 11 changes yet his side eased into the second round. Edwards must have fumed at how comfortable a night this was for the third tier visitors. He described it as painful and one thing he hated was how heads dropped late on. That will be addressed. Rovers raced into a deserved two goal lead in a shocking opening half an hour for Boro, before wrapping up the victory with two more goals late on. Most Boro's fans had headed for the exit long before Edwards and his players set off on a lap of appreciation at full-time. Edwards and Boro's recruitment team know the squad needs strengthening and it will be. But the head coach will also demand more and better from the players already in his ranks. Boro will hopefully learn a lot from this setback. On the eve of this first round tie Edwards purred about Boro's rich history in the competition and vowed to take the game seriously. He was true to his word, only making five changes. But the fact that three of the four outfield players to come into the side were academy youngsters Law McCabe and George McCormick and full debutant Abdoulaye Kante highlights the lack of depth in the new head coach's squad. That will be addressed in the coming weeks, with Boro's recruitment team working hard and pushing for new recruits. Edwards' focus is on the players currently at his disposal and the head coach was visibly unhappy with a lot of what he saw on Tuesday night. The defence looked uncomfortable and unsettled and at the other end of the pitch Tommy Conway was ineffective and replaced after an hour. Boro lacked intensity and could have no complaints at the outcome. Boro trailed by two at the break and it could have been worse. The defence was chaotic and when Boro managed to get it forward to the unchanged attacking trio of Morgan Whittaker, Delano Burgzorg and Conway it didn't stick. Both first half Doncaster goals were heavily deflected but the League One side were very much deserving of their advantage. They were still given a leg-up by Boro, though, who cheaply conceded possession in the build-up the opening goal and let Rovers pick their passes unchallenged in the build-up to the second. Doncaster were lively from the off and it took them just 11 minutes to break the deadlock, aided by Boro's sloppy play in their own half. McCabe's pass was weak but the midfielder was bailed out. Neto Borges was not. His half-hearted clearance was intercepted, allowing Jordan Gibson to pick out Billy Sharp, who teed up Close in the box to fire in off the unfortunate George McCormick. The goal sparked something of a brief improvement from Boro, who almost levelled when Delano Burgzorg's strike crunched the post before goalkeeper Ian Lawlor did well to deny Morgan Whittaker. But Boro's defence looked nervous and vulnerable and Doncaster's second goal just after the midway point of the first half was far too easy. The visitors picked their way through unchallenged before a cross from the left found the completely unmarked Damola Ajayi, Alfie Jones this time the defender to desperately lunge and deflect the ball beyond the helpless Tom Glover. The third goal should have come when Billy Sharp picked out Jordan Gibson with a pinpoint cross but the left winger somehow headed wide of the open goal. Edwards was visibly unhappy with a lot of what he saw in the first half, and Boro were slightly improved early in the second half, Brittain advancing and Whittaker going close. Edwards turned to his bench and the big hitters, with Hayden Hackney, Aidan Morris and Dael Fry introduced. But there was no fightback, and instead salt was rubbed into the Boro wounds. Robbie Gotts fired in the third goal six minutes from time and there was still time for Tom Nixon to add to the misery deep in stoppage time.

Boro defender Lenihan to miss start of season
Boro defender Lenihan to miss start of season

BBC News

time04-08-2025

  • Sport
  • BBC News

Boro defender Lenihan to miss start of season

Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards has confirmed that defender Darragh Lenihan will miss the start of the season with a muscle who has not featured for the side in a league game since September 2023, has recently been making his comeback from injury but was not present for the side's 2-2 pre-season draw with Deportivo on Saturday."Unfortunately, Darragh on Tuesday just felt a bit of a muscle pain," Edwards told BBC Radio Tees after the match."I think it's going to be three weeks or so, which is a frustrating one for us and for Darragh because he was doing so well."He felt good going into the training session, just literally passed the ball. That was the mechanism."Another player who did not feature was Rav van den Berg, though Edwards confirmed this was also due to injury and not because of any impending 42-year-old added: "Rav trained part of the session yesterday so not the full session."I'm expecting him to train on Monday."Listen to the full post-match interview with Edwards and more on BBC Sounds.

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