When he was at 'Boro he spent a lot of time on the bench watching the 'Boro C D pair of Ayala and Gibson, one of, if not the best pair in the division .. he'll have learnt a lot from that as well as from the totally 'with it' 'Boro management and coaching staff
Boro’s teenage loan star Milos Veljkovic was “the best player on the pitch” against Ipswich, according to head coach Aitor Karanka.
The versatile Spurs midfielder replaced Kenneth Omeruo shortly after the hour mark at Portman Road, and caught the eye of the Boro boss.
The 19-year-old has had to be patient since arriving at the Riverside in October, and has been restricted to only two substitute appearances to date.
His Boro bow came during the 5-1 demolition of Millwall, and that was followed by a 30-minute cameo in Saturday’s defeat.
With Veljkovic’s loan deal set to expire next month, Karanka again refused to be drawn on whether the Serbian or Chelsea goalkeeper Jamal Blackman will be extending their stay on Teesside.
“I know what I want to do but I haven’t spoken to the players and I need to speak with them,” Karanka said.
“I am very happy with both of them. Jamal has been unlucky because he’s had a few injuries.
“I am very pleased with Milos. I felt he was the best player on the pitch in the last game.
“He went onto the pitch at a difficult time and he showed everyone he is a mature player, even though he is only 19 years old.”
With Blackman’s only Boro appearance coming in the Capital One Cup shootout defeat to Liverpool, his future on Teesside appears far from certain.
But Karanka’s recent praise for Veljkovic could suggest he has a part to play at Boro, if Spurs agree to an extension.
The Serbian’s stay in the North-east could depend on the return of Rhys Williams, who will provide Boro with another option in the central positions.
The Australian has been out since January with a serious Achilles injury.
Asked two Spurs fans at work about him. Received a collective shrug and an 'oh yeah, I think he played for our first team a couple of times. Defender?' Obviously a well thought of prospect over there.
Asked two Spurs fans at work about him. Received a collective shrug and an 'oh yeah, I think he played for our first team a couple of times. Defender?' Obviously a well thought of prospect over there.
Asked two Spurs fans at work about him. Received a collective shrug and an 'oh yeah, I think he played for our first team a couple of times. Defender?' Obviously a well thought of prospect over there.
Sound like typical armchair fans to me.
One of them's a season ticket holder actually. I suppose when you support a club that can actually afford to buy players with feet you spend less time poring over the academy than we do. I'm hoping that's the case anyway as otherwise he clearly hasn't stuck out as one for the future.
for anyone who's interested, i actually have Katrien's email address should you like to send her a letter to explain how we all feel. might want to send her a list's of Do and Don't when signing players as well as its quite clear they have no bloody idea in how to add strength in depth!
I would like to see Gomez play centre back and Cousins defensive midfielder. Not sure how this guy will fit in in either position without stunting the development of one of our own. He will have to be very good to get in the starting 11 - and I am quite amazed at that statement myself!
for anyone who's interested, i actually have Katrien's email address should you like to send her a letter to explain how we all feel. might want to send her a list's of Do and Don't when signing players as well as its quite clear they have no bloody idea in how to add strength in depth!
wait is it katrien.meire@cafc.com(or .co.uk) damn you're so lucky to privy to that sort of info!
I would like to see Gomez play centre back and Cousins defensive midfielder. Not sure how this guy will fit in in either position without stunting the development of one of our own. He will have to be very good to get in the starting 11 - and I am quite amazed at that statement myself!
Cousins could do with a rest for a start, or at least some cover. Gomez at the moment is mainly playing at RB
Actually I have heard from a reasonably interesting source that we are seriously looking outside the network and in the UK. It will be interesting to see if this is the case here, or not. Based on the tweets it seems most likely to be Vejlkovic, though, who sounds like a decent young player.
If we are looking outside the network it needs to be for permanent singings. And fast. i.e this month.
for anyone who's interested, i actually have Katrien's email address should you like to send her a letter to explain how we all feel. might want to send her a list's of Do and Don't when signing players as well as its quite clear they have no bloody idea in how to add strength in depth!
wait is it katrien.meire@cafc.com(or .co.uk) damn you're so lucky to privy to that sort of info!
Actually no it wasn't Dazzler21, although being quite a generic email address that is monitored by IT at the club, chances are your email wouldn't reach her inbox, no i actually have her personal hotmail account email.
So our CEO isn't even using a CAFC email address. This is outrageous.
Where might I ask did you get her private email? Don't say plenty of fish. If you have obtained it from an unofficial source, I'd be very careful about emailing her.
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The versatile Spurs midfielder replaced Kenneth Omeruo shortly after the hour mark at Portman Road, and caught the eye of the Boro boss.
The 19-year-old has had to be patient since arriving at the Riverside in October, and has been restricted to only two substitute appearances to date.
His Boro bow came during the 5-1 demolition of Millwall, and that was followed by a 30-minute cameo in Saturday’s defeat.
With Veljkovic’s loan deal set to expire next month, Karanka again refused to be drawn on whether the Serbian or Chelsea goalkeeper Jamal Blackman will be extending their stay on Teesside.
“I know what I want to do but I haven’t spoken to the players and I need to speak with them,” Karanka said.
“I am very happy with both of them. Jamal has been unlucky because he’s had a few injuries.
“I am very pleased with Milos. I felt he was the best player on the pitch in the last game.
“He went onto the pitch at a difficult time and he showed everyone he is a mature player, even though he is only 19 years old.”
With Blackman’s only Boro appearance coming in the Capital One Cup shootout defeat to Liverpool, his future on Teesside appears far from certain.
But Karanka’s recent praise for Veljkovic could suggest he has a part to play at Boro, if Spurs agree to an extension.
The Serbian’s stay in the North-east could depend on the return of Rhys Williams, who will provide Boro with another option in the central positions.
The Australian has been out since January with a serious Achilles injury.
They usually wait for the euphoric days in SE7. Like when we got obika and parrett.
Top work CAFC.
Maybe the success of Coqulin made Spurs more favourably at the idea of loaning him to us.
Do Spurs have any others like Harry Kane hanging around their squad not getting games.
Where might I ask did you get her private email? Don't say plenty of fish. If you have obtained it from an unofficial source, I'd be very careful about emailing her.