Doncaster Rovers defender George Friend is reported to be undergoing a medical at Middlesbrough. The 24-year-old had been expected to join the Teessiders earlier in the week after the clubs agreed a £250,000 fee but he pulled out of the move at the last minute and was believed to favour a switch to Portman Road instead.

However, the centre-half or left-back appears to have had another change of heart and Boro once again appears to be his destination.

Nottingham Forest, managed by Friend’s former Rovers boss Sean O’Driscoll, were also believed to be targeting the one-time Exeter man.

Meanwhile, Blues chief executive Simon Clegg has reiterated manager Paul Jewell's comments regarding his Aston Villa opposite number Paul Faulkner's enquiry regarding left-back Aaron Cresswell: "I certainly discouraged him, but I do recognise that every player has a price and if they offer us more money than we consider he is worth, then it is something we might have to look at. We are a long way from that stage at this moment in time though.”

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jas0999 added 13:17 - Jul 27 Good news: Cresswell may not move on Bad news: We are STILL short of CB's.
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dirtydingusmagee added 13:26 - Jul 27 we dont attract top players, hence it would be a big mistake to sell the good ones we have , ie Cresswell .Friend must be odds on to join Boro so hopefully Cressy will be staying . Being a selling club when we struggle to buy in players will get us nowhere.
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ian_marshall added 13:33 - Jul 27 N.S.R
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ShrimperTractorBoy added 13:54 - Jul 27 Watched him regularly at Southend a few seasons ago. Didn't rate him.
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eaii added 13:56 - Jul 27 shame but lets move on.
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Langdon_Blue added 14:02 - Jul 27 Intercept12 - I wonder if the fans saying 'stuff him' have now backtracked. Ha. Jas0999 - Surely there is no bad news??, as you said yesterday that you didn't rate him at all. Or would you like us to sign anybody that plays CB, no matter how bad they are? You are allowed to post without making a negative comment, no one will think any less of you. It doesnt mean you have to stop wearing your "I love Roy Keane t-shirt" :-)

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irishtim added 14:20 - Jul 27 Well we have to trust pj & the coaching staff. Hopefully they have a few gems to surprise us with.
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SuperReuser added 14:44 - Jul 27 we should organise a good old fashioned fight. bare knuckles. Jewell vs Mowbray winner gets him. Id probably pay more than the entrance to the Bristol Rovers match to see that actually
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daniel9624 added 14:55 - Jul 27 Didn't like him anyway, his hair looks too wet. Well its as plausable as some of the other reason on here!!
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Lightningboy added 15:11 - Jul 27 Think we should've signed him...sadly I can see it now,the eve of the season and someone nips in for Cresswell and we get lumbered with someone on loan again as a replacement. Friend would've been a decent CB or LB..and reasonably cheap too.
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MattinLondon added 15:44 - Jul 27 Maybe he didn't really want to come here at all and he was just using the club as a bargaining chip to get better terms at Middlesboro. Or maybe we weren't prepared to offer more wages. Who knows...sure PJ has other irons in the fire. I guess we need to be patient.
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lilcornishblue added 15:45 - Jul 27 Listen to you guys all of you are complaining that we don't have any centre backs but who have we signed a couple of weeks ago Luke chambers and what posirion does he play CB!! Yes it's a shame that we may not get him but still there are probably better players that we can get what these two French players that was on trial last week lets sign them up instead!!!

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Shauny78 added 17:38 - Jul 27 so if ipswich have to sell cresswell to fund a £250.000 transfer seems to me that PJ has hardly any funds at all. nice ambition MR EVANS..!!!!!
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JohnnyCougar added 19:09 - Jul 27 Very dissapointing. At £250K you can't go wrong. Cresswell or not, we desperately need another CB. If he can play LB as well would be excellent as Jewell obviously don't rate Whight at the moment. Or Ainsley as CB which means we only have three CB in Chambers, Smith and Delaney. Not enough!
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Umros added 19:14 - Jul 27 No 'Friend' of ours then............
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truebluesince1992 added 08:08 - Jul 28 thats a shame but if he wants boro good luck with that there an awful club
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