It's been confirmed that we, today, have signed Milos Veljkovic on loan from Spurs until January, with an option to extend that to the end of the season. He can apparently play centre back or central midfield.
I would say a good £10 of my money would go on the fact this lad will play defensive midfield for us, although I doubt there's a market for that. Just because we have Ayala, Omeruo, Gibson and Woody who can play centre back, along with George if needs be, and we only have Grant, Clayton and Deano who can play defensive midfield. But why can't he play both positions? Could be a younger Rhys Williams.
Veljkovic becomes the 6th player to come into Boro on loan, after Jelle Vossen, the Chelsea trio of Omeruo, Bamford and Blackman and Milos' partner at Spurs; Ryan Fredericks. Meaning that they all can't play in the same game together, and being the most players loaned into a the boro team since the time of Gordon Strachan who's loanees included Caleb Folan and Isiah Osbourne.
If we look back, however, we can see Karanka's loan signings being a success for the team, Shay Given and Kenneth Omeruo being the stand outs, and Chalobah (in my opinion) being a good addition to the team. Danny Graham less so, although he did bring a cutting edge to the team we lacked for the whole of 2013, and Lee Tomlin, with good showings against people like Birmingham and Preston after making his move permanent.
Veljkovic is highly rated by both Spurs manager Pochettino and Karanka himself, so Karanka's past decisions has meant we shouldn't judge and let the player do the talking, so roll on Milos' first appearance!
Up the boro and remember, there is only one Steve Gibson!
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