TWTD understands former loanee Massimo Luongo is currently training with the Blues squad with Town taking a look at him with a view to potentially re-signing the Australian international when his Middlesbrough contract ends next month.

The 30-year-old is spending a few days with Town to allow manager Kieran McKenna to run the rule over him.

Luongo was with the Blues during the early stages of the 2012/13 campaign on loan from Tottenham - where he will have crossed paths with McKenna - before being sent back to White Hart Lane by Mick McCarthy soon after he took over having made eight starts and three sub appearances, scoring once.

The Sydney-born midfielder subsequently had spells on loan at Swindon before joining the Robins permanently in 2013.

After two years at the County Ground, he moved on to QPR in 2015, then four years later signed for Sheffield Wednesday.

He left the Owls last summer when he joined Boro on a short-term deal to January, however, he is yet to play a minute for the Teessiders, who are now managed by McKenna's close friend and former Manchester United colleague Michael Carrick, and appears certain to move on when the window opens.

Capped 43 times by Australia, scoring six times, Luongo was in the Socceroos’ squads for the 2014 and 2018 World Cups without featuring in either tournament but scored in the 2-1 Asia Cup victory over South Korea in 2015, however, hasn’t been involved with his national side since 2019.

Town are looking to add to their midfield strength in January with Dom Ball out of action for the season having undergone knee surgery, while Panutche Camara has struggled for fitness since joining the club in the summer from Plymouth Argyle with a hip problem.

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Gforce added 21:40 - Dec 21 No thanks.
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Kingfisher49 added 22:14 - Dec 21 If he is fit and shows up in the trial period then I am sure our astute manager will sign him on for a short term deal. If he does not show enough to come into a good squad then he will go elsewhere.
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BeattiesBackPocket added 12:42 - Dec 22 If he's the same player he was last season (aside from injuries) I'd have him my issue is he is injury prone last couple of years so torn between that and the performance he put in against us last year. I've got trust in Kieron's judgement on this bell see him more than any wannabe championship manager on here. Regarding ‘Middlesbrough don't want him but good enough for us' they're a league above us at this time so we are shopping in a different market to them so let's just trust the club to get it right.

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joyousblue added 22:10 - Dec 22 My god some of you , if given a hundred pounds , you would want a 101 , your never bloody satisfied , if he signs for 6 months he will bust a gut to earn another contract , and when we achieve promotion to the championship , we then hsve a player with expirience, perhaps one day we will sign a 58 year old messi fir you moaners
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Skip73 added 12:56 - Dec 21 Wow. Reading this a year on, there are some idiotic comments here from the usual people.
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