Middlesbrough must take action when an ex-Burnley striker becomes a free agent.

Middlesbrough must take action when an ex-Burnley striker becomes a free agent.

Middlesbrough should act as 32-year-old striker becomes a free agent.
The 2023/24 season hasn’t gotten off to the start that most Middlesbrough fans would have expected heading into the new campaign.
Boro’s fortunes completely turned around when Michael Carrick was appointed manager in October of last year.

The club flew up the table and put themselves in a position where most people favoured them for promotion. However, it wasn’t meant to be, as they were defeated by Coventry City over two legs.
Boro remaining in the Championship meant they came into this campaign as one of the early-season favourites for promotion.

But on the pitch, it hasn’t played out like that, as they sit bottom of the table and without a win in the league.  Unfortunately for Carrick, Boro lost some key players throughout the summer, either due to being sold or because their loans had ended at the club.

So there has been a lot of turnover in the last few months, but one area that will be a big concern for Carrick is the fact that his team is struggling to score goals, with only three coming in the league so far.

Therefore, they couldn’t go far wrong looking at the free agent market to try and solve their scoring woes, and one player in particular may be a useful buy: ex-Burnley and Watford striker Andre Gray.