Middlesbrough have completed the signing of erm… Middlesbrough defender Jonathan Woodgate. I’m pretty sure this about the fourth or fifth time they have wrapped up the transfer of Teeside’s favourite Jesus lookalike. Anyway, this time they really mean it and have paid Real Madrid £7 million for the 27-year-old.
The relatively injury-free centre-back said: “I made my mind up about three months ago, to be honest, but we could not really say anything. I went into the manager’s office and told him I wanted to sign. I think he was caught unexpectedly when I told him.”