Town and Middlesbrough have agreed a fee for the permanent transfer of central defender George Edmundson, who is set to join the Championship side on a two-and-a-half-year deal, TWTD understands.

As previously reported, the 27-year-old was the subject of two failed bids from Boro, where he has been on loan since August with the Blues activating a recall clause earlier in the week.

The two parties continued discussions, however, and a deal has been agreed with the Blues set to receive £600,000 plus further top-ups, some shorter term, then £350,000 if Boro are promoted and a further £500,000 if they then stay up.

We understand Edmundson has agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the Teessiders, who are managed by Blues boss Kieran McKenna’s close friend Michael Carrick. His signing looks set to be confirmed on Friday.

Edmundson was out of contract with Town at the end of the season when he would have been able to leave on a free transfer. As he had played for both the Blues and Boro this season, he could only have moved to the Riverside during this window.

The ex-Oldham defender joined Town for around £1 million from Rangers in the summer of 2021, signing a four-year deal.

In total, he made 71 starts and four sub appearances while at Portman Road, scoring once, and was a member of the squad which won back-to-back promotions.

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Kentish_Tractor added 23:46 - Jan 23 Was hoping we might at least be able to recoup what we paid for him, but I guess with his contract expiring and him being limited to only playing for us an Boro, something is better than nothing. Thank you George for your contribution to the journey. Best of luck at Boro, and who knows, maybe we'll be seeing you at Portman Road soon, one way or another!
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Guthrum added 23:46 - Jan 23 Best wishes to Fridge. Did well at Town, personality as well as on the pitch.
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RobITFC added 23:48 - Jan 23 Good deal for a player that has been excellent for us, best of luck George
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Churchman added 23:55 - Jan 23 The player is happy there and it’s best for everyone that his future is settled in the right way. Ok, we’ve lost a little bit of money on him, but given he was in free transfer territory at the end of the season, it’s better to take some sort of fee now. George has been good for the club and I wish him well.
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Treacle added 00:15 - Jan 24 Thanks George for your excellent contribution on our journey to the Premier league. Good luck & hope we see you at Portman road next season in the Premier league of course!
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ITFC_Singapore added 00:18 - Jan 24 Early season sentimentality just cost us around 500k-1 million quid. Good luck Fridge......you'll always be remembered fondly and welcomed at Portman Road.
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Leejames99 added 01:13 - Jan 24 Thanks George, always part of a success story. Good luck at Boro
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BrockleyBlue78 added 06:30 - Jan 24 Good luck George, Boro getting an extremely good player at a cheap price
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 06:36 - Jan 24 Good luck, George. A very solid player for us and never let us down. Boro are getting a good deal. At only 27, plenty of time to make some more career memories.
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Cakeman added 06:49 - Jan 24 Best of luck George and thank you for your excellent efforts with Town.
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ArchiRob added 06:50 - Jan 24 Good Luck George hope you get to experience another promotion All the best
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johnwarksshorts added 07:04 - Jan 24 Thanks for your service to our club George. Best of luck at Boro.
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tractorboybig added 07:25 - Jan 24 glad to see him get a good move, see you again at PR next season/
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poet added 07:45 - Jan 24 This just simply had to happen. The alternative of him sitting around ITFC doing nothing and being paid his wages was a farcical idea. I’m surprised anyone thought that situation could actually happen. Not only that, but it would have been very detrimental to Edmundson’s career. Yes, to a point, Middlesbrough appeared to have Town over a barrel on this one, but Edmundson was a great servant to this club, so he deserved the break.

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ArnieM added 07:47 - Jan 24 Good luck Fridge, you’re a great CB and I hope you go really well at Boro.
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Dissboyitfc added 07:59 - Jan 24 really pleased for him.
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trncbluearmy added 08:11 - Jan 24 Given he could only go to one club and was out of contract MA has worked a miracle to get a decent fee Good player,great character,one of the early legends
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OldFart71 added 08:39 - Jan 24 The deal must be slightly better than the original fee offered and seeing as George is now way down the pecking order it makes sense for all parties. Good luck George, may the rest of your career be a success.
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BtreeBlueBlood added 08:51 - Jan 24 good luck, George. You’ll always be a Blue! And thanks for your efforts in turning this club around and back to the premiership! your coffee club was great idea!
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BlueandTruesince82 added 09:02 - Jan 24 Best of luck at Boro Fridge. Been part of the best group this club has had for 20 odd years. We are all grateful
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Broadbent23 added 09:06 - Jan 24 All the best George. You will always be one of our promotion heroes. Have a rewarding next move.
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Town1Inter0 added 09:35 - Jan 24 All the best George. Hopefully see you in the Premier League against us next season (beating Leeds in the play-off final please). McKenna giving you that cameo against Man City was pure class. Wherever your career goes, you can always say you were a Premier League player.
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planetblue_2011 added 09:55 - Jan 24 Well done fridge you was a good player for us. All the best for the future! a good move for you.
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Bluewhiteboy added 10:13 - Jan 24 Lost money and strengthened one of our likely competitors for next season, but yet people call it a master class.
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blues1 added 10:30 - Jan 24 Bluewhiteboy. Stop talking rubbish. Of course it's a good deal. He'd have walked away for nothing at the end of the season. And bcse boro was the only team he could have gone to and played, this deal makes common sense.
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