Michael Carrick’s side are unbeaten in their last six with five of those being
wins. Last time out, they put a very impressive Sunderland side to the sword, winning 4-0 away from home.
This comes after a summer transfer window that had massive ramifications with a number of key players departing.
Among the summer departees was Martin Payero, who left Middlesbrough having failed to make an impact in English football.
[12/10, 11:18 am] solomon iordye: Turbulence ensued on Teesside with Chris Wilder, who replaced Warnock, unable to succeed before Michael Carrick arrived late last year and changed everything.
Payero made 13 appearances in the 2021/22 league season with six of these being starts – he scored once and assisted once in the Championship.
The following campaign, with Wilder and then Carrick at the helm, there was no route for the Argentine into the first team and so he went on loan Boca Juniors.
Regular football was still out of reach and so, this summer, Payero made this permanent move to Italy. In all his 16 Boro appearances returned one goal and one assist.
The midfielder made this move due to a lack of playing time and he has been involved regularly for his new team already.
Payero has featured in all of Udinese’s last five games, starting twice, and amassed 216 minutes in total for the Serie A side. The 25-year-old struggled to nail down a position during his time at the Riverside, featuring across the midfield, but has mostly been used in central or attacking midfield for his new club.
Neither his defensive stats – 0.2 tackles, 0.2 interceptions, 0.8 clearances, and 0 blocks per 90 – nor his offensive ones – 16.4 passes (86.6%), 0.6 key passes, 0.6 dribbles, 1.2 shots, 0.8 times dispossessed, and 1.2 unsuccessful touches per 90 – make for particularly pretty reading (Whoscored).
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