Middlesbrough

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credible links in: 1
credible links out: 1
new report this week: 0
Index swings of 5+ pts: 82
days left in the January 2027 window

Championship2ndof 24 · 29 pts

FormD W W L D

Nextv Bristol CitySat 21 Nov, 15:00

MID

Middlesbrough

Regulars · average age 25.5

63SHO3rd

64CRE11th

62DRI3rd

65PAS4th

67DEF2nd

49PHY11th

Middlesbrough: 44th busiest of 420 clubs right now, by credible links.

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Middlesbrough transfer HQ

The whole picture. Each part opens below.

What they need

No area in the bottom half of Championship.

The regulars ↓

Chasing

No credible links in right now.

Transfer Watch ↓

Might leave

Will Lankshear24%

5 contracts ending within a year

Contract Watch ↓

Who decides

Kim Hellberg

Manager

The manager ↓

Window opens in 50 days

Transfer Watch · January 2027 window

The full window →

Coming in? · 0

No credible links in.

Heading out? · 1

NEW
Will Lankshear
Likeliest if he goes: Newcastle · Being watched
±024%

Coming in: the Index’s chance he joins. Heading out: its chance he leaves this window.

Middlesbrough · usual XI this season4-2-3-1 · 7 of 15 league games

26 players · minutes are 2026/27 league matches

The Middlesbrough squad

Goalkeepers · 3

GK

Out on loan · 4

Fin CartwrightGrimsby TownSept 2026
Sontje HansenGAZGaziantepAug 2026
Finley MunroeBLKBlackpoolAug 2026
Delano BurgzorgPREPrestonAug 2026

League matches, each opening its match page

Fixtures & results

The whole season →

Results

Sat 7 Nov

WATWatford0–0MiddlesbroughMID

Wed 4 Nov

WRXWrexham2–0MiddlesbroughMID

Sat 31 Oct

The Dugout

Manager

The Dugout →

Manager since 26 Nov 2025

Kim Hellberg

Contract length not known

Before

Rob Edwards 2025–2025

Michael Carrick 2022–2025

Leo Percovich 2022–2022

Ending soon, and every contract reported by the club or a journalist, with sources

Contract Watch

8monthsJon McLaughlinUntil 30 Jun 2027 · Squad register · Sportmonks
8monthsAlex BanguraUntil 30 Jun 2027 · Squad register · Sportmonks
8monthsGeorge EdmundsonUntil 30 Jun 2027 · Squad register · Sportmonks
8monthsLuke AylingUntil 30 Jun 2027 · Squad register · Sportmonks
8monthsNeto Borges

The record since 2016Middlesbrough’s transfer history367 signings and departures on record, year by year.See every move →

Live wirechecked just now

Nothing on the wire about Middlesbrough yet. Reports appear here the moment a credible source publishes one.

Repeats are folded in. Single source: one report so far, not yet in the Index.Full live wire →

Which Middlesbrough fans really know

Best in the stands

No Middlesbrough fans on the board yet. Make this your club and make some calls.

The regulars, averaged

Strongest in defending, 2nd in Championshipweakest in physical (11th of 24)

Defending672nd/24
Shooting633rd/24
Dribbling623rd/24
Passing654th/24
Creating6411th/24
Physical4911th/24

The 11 most-used players this season, outfield only, averaged out of 99; ranked against every squad in Championship.

The formation Middlesbrough have started most league games in this season, with whoever has started most in each spot; each player once, and only players still at the club.

Radek Vítek

Goalkeeper · age 23 · Czech Republic · 1,350 league minutes

Apps: 15
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Rating: 6.67

2026/27 · league

SAV57

SHP71

LNG14

AER73

SWP70

Contract to 2031

GK

Sol Brynn

Goalkeeper · age 26 · England · no league minutes yet

Apps: 0
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Rating: –

2026/27 · league

SAV54

SHP90

LNG3

AER83

SWP11

Contract to 2030

GK

Jon McLaughlin

Goalkeeper · age 39 · Scotland · no league minutes yet

Apps: 0
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Rating: –

2026/27 · league

Attributes after ten full games.

Contract to 2027

Defenders · 9

RB
Callum Brittain
Right-back · age 28 · England · 1,350 league minutes
Apps
15
Goals
1
Assists
2
Rating
7.15
2026/27 · league
SHO23
CRE79
PAS64
DRI85
DEF61
PHY39
Contract to 2029
CB
Adilson Malanda
Centre-back · age 25 · France · 1,260 league minutes
Apps
14
Goals
1
Assists
0
Rating
7.00
2026/27 · league
SHO30
CRE22
LB
Neto Borges
Left-back · age 30 · Brazil · 981 league minutes
Apps
14
Goals
1
Assists
0
Rating
6.96
2026/27 · league
SHO14
CRE67
CB
Ashley Phillips
Centre-back · age 21 · England · 938 league minutes
Apps
12
Goals
1
Assists
0
Rating
6.78
2026/27 · league
SHO19
CRE13
CB
Luke Ayling
Centre-back · age 35 · England · 774 league minutes
Apps
12
Goals
0
Assists
2
Rating
6.94
2026/27 · league
SHO18
CRE68
CB
Alfie Jones
Centre-back · age 29 · Canada · 161 league minutes
Apps
5
Goals
1
Assists
0
Rating
6.74^*
2026/27 · league · *rating from 161 min
SHO38
CRE27
LB
Sam Byram
Left-back · age 33 · England · 102 league minutes
Apps
2
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
6.68^*
2026/27 · league · *rating from 102 min
Attributes after ten full games.
LB
Alex Bangura
Left-back · age 27 · Sierra Leone · no league minutes yet
Apps
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
–
2026/27 · league
SHO70
CRE57
CB
George Edmundson
Centre-back · age 29 · England · no league minutes yet
Apps
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
–
2026/27 · league
Attributes after ten full games.
Contract to 2027

Midfielders · 8

CM
Aidan Morris
Central midfielder · age 24 · United States · 1,260 league minutes
Apps
14
Goals
2
Assists
0
Rating
7.35
2026/27 · league
SHO31
CRE54
PAS85
DRI72
DEF66
PHY49
Contract to 2028
CM
Riley McGree
Central midfielder · age 28 · Australia · 894 league minutes
Apps
15
Goals
0
Assists
3
Rating
6.79
2026/27 · league
SHO64
CRE89
AM
J. Sarmiento
Attacking midfielder · age 24 · Ecuador · 376 league minutes
Apps
12
Goals
1
Assists
0
Rating
6.80^*
2026/27 · league · *rating from 376 min
SHO70
CRE44
AM
Leo Castledine
Attacking midfielder · age 21 · England · 120 league minutes
Apps
5
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
6.54^*
2026/27 · league · *rating from 120 min
SHO92
CRE
AM
Rokas Pukštas
Attacking midfielder · age 22 · United States · 6 league minutes
Apps
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
6.34^*
2026/27 · league · *rating from 6 min
Attributes after ten full games.
Contract to 2031
AM
Micah Hamilton
Attacking midfielder · age 22 · England · no league minutes yet
Apps
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
–
2026/27 · league
Attributes after ten full games.
Contract to 2028
CM
Connor Barron
Central midfielder · age 24 · Scotland · On loan from Rangers · no league minutes yet
Apps
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
–
2026/27 · league
SHO27
CRE82
CM
Law McCabe
Central midfielder · age 20 · England · no league minutes yet
Apps
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
–
2026/27 · league
Attributes after ten full games.
Contract to 2028

Forwards · 6

ST
Will Lankshear
Striker · age 21 · England · 1,049 league minutes
Apps
13
Goals
13
Assists
0
Rating
7.37
2026/27 · league
SHO94
CRE29
PAS43
DRI15
DEF8
PHY29
Contract to 203124%to leave · Newcastle
RM
Amario Cozier-Duberry
Right midfielder · age 21 · England · On loan from Brighton · 763 league minutes
Apps
10
Goals
3
Assists
5
Rating
7.42
2026/27 · league
SHO67
CRE93
LW
Tommy Conway
Left winger · age 24 · Scotland · 628 league minutes
Apps
13
Goals
1
Assists
4
Rating
6.92
2026/27 · league
SHO69
CRE74
LM
Max Arfsten
Left midfielder · age 25 · United States · 511 league minutes
Apps
14
Goals
1
Assists
0
Rating
6.72
2026/27 · league
SHO50
CRE79
ST
Kyle Joseph
Striker · age 25 · Scotland · 504 league minutes
Apps
14
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
6.52
2026/27 · league
SHO71
CRE66
ST
David Strelec
Striker · age 25 · Slovakia · 104 league minutes
Apps
5
Goals
0
Assists
0
Rating
6.67^*
2026/27 · league · *rating from 104 min
SHO79
CRE57

This season’s league matches. Attributes are out of 99 (how they’re worked out is on each player’s page). Contracts in amber end by next year. “To leave” is the Index on his live story.

MIDMiddlesbrough3–0CharltonCHA

Fri 23 Oct

BOTBolton1–5MiddlesbroughMID

Sat 17 Oct

MIDMiddlesbrough2–2CardiffCAR

Fixtures

Sat 21 Nov

MIDMiddlesbrough15:00Bristol CityBRI

Tue 24 Nov

MIDMiddlesbrough19:45SwanseaSWA

Fri 27 Nov

SOUSouthampton20:00MiddlesbroughMID

Sat 5 Dec

MIDMiddlesbrough12:30Derby CountyDER

Tue 8 Dec

WHUWest Ham20:00MiddlesbroughMID

Until 30 Jun 2027 · Squad register · Sportmonks

An expiring contract doesn’t mean a player is leaving, and nobody is a free agent until it’s established. Under a year left in amber.

PAS60

DRI30

DEF78

PHY69

PAS50

DRI52

DEF66

PHY61

Contract to 2027

PAS55

DEF69

PHY84

Contract to 2031

PAS89

DRI59

DEF76

PHY65

Contract to 2027

PAS71

DRI1

DEF76

PHY53

Contract to 2029

PAS50

DRI91

DEF50

PHY47

Contract to 2027

PAS54

DRI73

DEF56

PHY26

Contract to 2028

PAS58

DRI86

DEF63

PHY33

Contract to 2030

36

PAS40

DRI73

DEF56

PHY48

Contract to 2030

PAS73

DRI83

DEF77

PHY41

PAS88

DRI94

DEF37

PHY36

PAS73

DRI68

DEF35

PHY25

Contract to 2028

PAS54

DRI98

DEF74

PHY64

PAS16

DRI56

DEF52

PHY54

Contract to 2030

PAS51

DRI47

DEF23

PHY27

Contract to 2030