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Middlesbrough may have to cash in on £12million Downing
09:23 PM 12 January, 2009
Middlesbrough Football Club could yet be forced into selling Stewart Downing.

The winger is a target for Tottenham Hotspur this month, but despite handing in a transfer request, Boro have rejected at least two bids from the Londoners.

But with Gareth Southgate’s side facing a fight against relegation this season, they may have to cash in on £12million-rated Downing to fund their own raid into the transfer market.

"There is no money to strengthen the squad but we have good players here and we have to get the best out of them and pick up results," Southgate told the Evening Gazette.

"Of course we would love to inject some money into the squad, but we are still competing on the same level and we have to put together a team which improves the situation we are in.

"Now we have to grind on. We need to take something out of every game. We are what we are and we have got what we have got until the end of the season.

"We are still in touching distance of the middle of the table and that's what we are aiming for. Everybody will stick together and we will fight to get where we want to be."
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phillip wrote 12:37 PM 13 Jan, 2009
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middlesbrough have to sell fast the team is awfull very worried for boro they looking like relegation team sell him and bring in maybe 2 or 3 fresh players if he becomes injured and can not play the season out and boro go down they will get no were near the price they can get now i support boro and have seen most games and lately its been awfull to watch i think also its time for southgate to leave its like the end of brian robson era bring back terry venables
Mike Tisch wrote 06:18 AM 13 Jan, 2009
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I am keeping my fingers cross we don't sign Downing, i think he's lightweight and not what we need, as Harry said we need players with muscle and determination.
Boro wrote 12:08 AM 13 Jan, 2009
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Downing is shit any way we should let him go, spurs are much better team for him, Southgate is selfish, Stewart done enough for us, let him go!!!
Paul wrote 10:52 PM 12 Jan, 2009
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What absolute rubbish. Which part of those quotes says that Downing might be sold to fund new players? "we have good players here and we have to get the best out of them and pick up results" sounds to me like Southgate is counting on Downing helping the club climb the table, otherwise he would have said "we have good players here and we have to sell them and buy some worse players". Gibson, Lamb and Southgate have said time and again that the senior players will not be going anywhere until the end of the season at least. Pathetic excuse for journalism.
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