Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has confirmed that he hopes to add one or two loan players to his squad prior to Saturday’s game with the Blues. Town defender Gareth McAuley is amongst a number of players being linked with Boro.

Southgate said: "We're still very active at the moment trying to strengthen the squad with loans.

"I still only want to bring in he right types and if we bring in loan signings it will be geared towards potential permanent signings at the end of it.

"There's a good chance we could have someone in for Saturday, although whether it will be in time for him to start remains to be seen."

Southgate is reportedly close to adding Everton striker James Vaughan to his squad, while McAuley is one of a number of central defenders linked, along with Blackburn’s Zurab Khizanishvili, Sheffield United’s Matthew Killgallon and Preston’s Sean St Ledger.

If McAuley is on Boro's list of potential signings, it's unlikely that the Blues would allow the move until another senior defender has been added to the squad and until after Saturday's match.

Elsewhere, former Town loanee Giovani Dos Santos says he feels his career is starting to move in the right direction at Tottenham: “In the past things did not go the way I would have liked but the truth is I began working harder every day until I improved and, thanks to God, things have been improving.”

Dos Santos was linked with a return to Portman Road earlier in the summer, but Harry Redknapp recently said he would come into his plans at White Hart Lane this season.

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ITFC_Jenx added 16:30 - Sep 10 Even if we got another CB in, we wouldn't let him move there just before we play them, that would be sheer madness.
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KSP added 16:39 - Sep 10 it will be zurab
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steve01777 added 16:45 - Sep 10 MIDDLESBOROUGH the most boring team on the planet zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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bedsitfc added 17:36 - Sep 10 if i was him or another member of the team i think i would be begging to go just to get away from so called fans who only support the town so they can whing at the players all day. he might get fans that support
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ipswich4life added 19:32 - Sep 10 hope he does go 1million for a donkey would be good deal
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marcoitfc added 19:35 - Sep 10 No need to rush Gareth.............you are only playing Ipswich !!
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Suffolktractor added 19:38 - Sep 10 Agree with bedsitfc, if any of our players - McCauley, Delaney, Garvan, Pablo etc. have a couple of bad games our so called fans on here slate them as if they are totally rubbish and some of the vitriolic comments are unecessary and childish.
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corshamblue added 19:56 - Sep 10 Look at the quality players being linked with Boro! So why McAuley too? ... Do the maths boo boys, you're not a bad player 'cause you've had a couple of poor games ... 'Boro know this.. as do others. I hope he stays. For the last time, He was our best outfield player in the 2nd half of last season... So what if he had words with RK? Shows some balls that would... He's a good player, and Ipswich are better with than without the Big G! 'nough Said.

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jas0999 added 20:09 - Sep 10 Even if he goes then I doubt he would play against us!
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SitfcB added 21:45 - Sep 10 That's it tease us even more about Gio!!!! Mcauley always comes out of the blocks slow...but give it a few more games and he will be our best defender!!!!
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The_Realist_09 added 22:06 - Sep 10 They can have him as far as im concerned, 1 mill would be amazing deal him. We got tricked into signing him so why cant they? Bye Bye Mcawful
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corshamblue added 23:09 - Sep 10 Realist ... are you? 1 Mill? if he goes, it's on an Emergency Loan for 93 days - we turned the 1m down... I bet your one of those slowing the players down by hanging on the backs and shouting crud . . . We all pay to go in, some of us to support - some not.
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TheBlueStig added 02:15 - Sep 11 Do we really care what whealing and dealing Mr Southgate does?....
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WickedBlue added 03:19 - Sep 11 Can't we keep the players the Boo Boys slag and get rid of the Boo Boy Morons who wouldn't know a decent footballer if they tripped over one. Let them swell the ranks of the budgies as the real supporters won't miss them for a second.
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The_Realist_09 added 07:02 - Sep 11 corsham blue, i do get behind and support the team. Just because it would be a good deal if he went on loan then signed perminent for 1 mill doesnt mean i dont support the team. I will still get behind the team if he is in it, however i will also point out his factual mistakes.
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bedsitfc added 08:02 - Sep 11 1 million a good deal realist???????? we paid 2 million i think, how would losing 1 million be a good deal sounds like you were in charge of one of our banks when the credit crunch started. he is a top defender that starts off slow admit i would rather he was up to speed when the season starts but he will come good and if people got behind him it could only help.
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Surco72 added 08:04 - Sep 11 If anybody on here thinks that Ipswich are in the position they are because of individual mistakes by McCauley , Delaney ,Garvan etc they are very deluded . We have no shape , no continuity ,different back four every game ,no team system and certainly no back up system , and most importantly no belief.This is down to the manager and coaching set up to sort privately without critiscing players in public as this cannot build confidence which we are lacking quite clearly. I am a fan of RK and think he will do well for the town ,so lets stop slagging off individual players who are good players and have done well for us in the past and get behind the team and wait for the results to come . We will beat Boro !!

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bedsitfc added 08:25 - Sep 11 surco72 - well put, if only we had more true supporters we would be out of this rut by now.
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MaySixth added 08:50 - Sep 11 Absolute disgrace if we let Macauley go. Give him a run. He is a good player.
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darren_cox added 11:22 - Sep 11 McAuley plays well at full back for N.Ireland. We should move him there and put Bruce in the middle. Balkestian is my main concern. We need someone better than him desperately.
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ipswich1992 added 12:50 - Sep 11 Let him go before the game we might get a couple of goals from our pointless long balls then!
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