Middlesbrough are a club looking to prove a point in the final few months of their campaign as they look to re-instate themselves as a Premier League side, for the first time in seven years.

The Teesiders fell just short last season after Norwich City broke the fans hearts, after losing 2-0 to the East Anglia side in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium last May.

Karanka’s men have come back even stronger this year and are battling it out with Burnley and Hull City for an automatic spot.

They currently occupy third place in the Championship, but are level on points with Hull and a point adrift of Burnley, who took over at the top of the league after beating Bolton at the weekend.

Boro will not want to go through another tense play-off campaign as they look to get back to the days of playing the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United.

The club have had several players that have graced the Riverside pitch over the years and they will need to build their squad, if they make it to the top-flight this season.

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