Porritt Signs Boro Contract

Teenage midfielder Nathan Porritt has signed his first professional contract with Middlesbrough FC.

The 18 year old, former England U17 star has signed a 2 year deal at the Riverside keeping him at the club until 2010. The left sided midfielder or striker was at the center of attention in 2006 when a Panorama documentary featured the player been offered to the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle without Boro's permission.

It is unlikely that Porritt will be a regular at the club this season, with a possibility of getting loaned out to a lower league club for vital experience.

Porritt one of the many players to have graduated from the Boro Academy, joining the likes of Jonathan Franks and keeper Jason Steel along with Downing and Wheater.

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