Middlesbrough allowing him to leave on loan.

We're crying out for a natural left sided winger, could do a lot worse than Downing. Would not be a very inspiring signing but he's added to his game with experience and would settle quicker than a player from Ligue 1 for example.

Would come without a transfer fee and his wages would be set or negotiated with Middlesbrough. Sam mentioned the wage cap issue so this would be an ok deal where we can also bring in others.

Cue all the predictable 'If he's not good enough for Middlesbrough'...

Where have you seen that? I thought he was on around £30k. If he is on anywhere near £90k a week then we should have zero interest.

I think loans with no option to buy are more a problem if it's a star player like Lukaku at West Brom.

Remy could be a big player for the second half of the season, I hope we've got some sort of deal that can be made permanent if we want.

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He mght well prove to be a good short term option for this season, but he might not be match fit if he has dropped down the starting order at Boro

This might mean we wont bave to shell out £12 m for Brady maybe?

A good fit then. Downing plus Brady plus Davies would really strenghten the left spine of the team

Downing not for me.

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It would seem that figure included a promotion bonus (that equated to around £30k pw) and his basic may have been closer to your figure (as he took a play cut plus bonus), but I'd have expected it to have increased when 'Boro went up.

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