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AVs blog:

 

Peterborough accept Boro's offer at 8pm but the time-scale didn't allow the player to get to Rockliffe to complete a medical. As the deal involves a £1.5m fee plus wages and a signing on fee that takes the total investment to over £4m Gibson was unwilling to push ahead without having the security of a full check while cash-strapped Peterborough were eager to cash in as so wanted to make the deal happen.

 

I am not happy with spending £4m on him if it becomes permanent! Surely we could find better in Europe

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Really pleased with Graham and Tomlin, i know there is alot of haters but karanka has turned this average team into a good team getting rid of the likes of juke, emnes and replacing them with quality...

Seen alot of tomlin and he gets stick for having abit of timber on him but lets make this clear he isnt slow and is strong as an OX! He is very similiar player to Ross McCormack and everyone was raving about him!

People say Graham doesnt score enough but i will eat my hat if he doesnt score 6-10 by the end of the season, he is made for this league and both players will want to show that their careers are back on the up!

Lets all come together and cheer on the boro for a play-off push

...UTB!!!

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This has been a very long day and apologies if you've been kept waiting. However.......


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Subject to clearance Boro have been involved in five pieces of business today.!!!

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AV's blog update:

 

A SERIES of red tape wrangles meant Boro left it late to complete their business on on a tense transfer deadline day.

 

Boro brought in Sunderland striker Danny Grahm on loan for the rest of he season just before the window closed and also made a late swoop to sign Peterborough front man Lee Tomlin until the end of the season with a view to a £1.5m summer signing.

 

They also let Dutch striker Marvin Emnes join top flight Swansea on loan until the end of the season.

 

But a mooted move for West Brom midfielder Graham Dorrans fell through after the Premier League club changed their mind late in the evening.

 

Things did not run smoothly for Boro and it was tense evening for chairman Steve Gibson.

 

Former Boro Academy striker Graham arrived back at the Riverside after a frustrarting stand-off between his parent club Sunderland and Hull where he has been on loan.

 

Although all three clubs and the player had agreed the deal in principle early in the day the move became bogged down in Premier League politics as Sunderland held off on cancelling Graham's temporary stay at potential rivals Hull so they could not then use their spare loan slot to sign a new player.

 

At the time they were in talks with Tom Ince. It was only when Ince joined Crystal Palace instead that the log-jam was freed and the player, who had been waiting at Rockcliffe Hall all night, was able to sign for Boro.

 

There was a hold-up with Marvin Emnes too. The FIFA on-line international clearance system went down and as Swansea are technical a foreign federation the move could not be sanctioned until he had his paperwork. That wasn't ready before the deadline but he was given dispensation.

 

And another late hitch meant a loan move for West Brom midfielder Graham Dorrans collapsed an hour before the deadline.

 

Both clubs and the player had a broad agreement in principle but West Brom changed their mind as their own recruitment plans drifted - a move for Craig Gardner failed to materialise - so they pulled the plug - although Boro remain keen and they could try to ressurrect the move in the summer.

 

But Boro did manage to push through a last gasp deal for fiery Posh striker Tomlin - although it took some tense late jiggling to get it through without a medical.

 

Peterborough accept Boro's offer at 8pm but the time-scale didn't allow the player to get to Rockliffe to complete a medical. As the deal involves a £1.5m fee plus wages and a signing on fee that takes the total investment to over £4m Gibson was unwilling to push ahead without having the security of a full check while cash-strapped Peterborough were eager to cash in as so wanted to make the deal happen.

 

So the striker - who has scored 10 goals in 25 games this season but also collected three red cards - has arrived initially on loan until the end of the season with the terms of a permanent move already in place.

 

Tomlin was a summer target for Boro while Tony Mowbray was in charge but Peterborough were not ready to deal then. He is regarded as a good value 'moneyball' investment that can do a good job and could appreciate in value.

 

Boro managed to secure the deal at a cut-price after Peterborough turned down a far bigger bid from Wolves - who they consider promotion rivals - while the player rejected a late hi-jack attempt by Celtic that threatened to scupper the move.

 

Neither player will be eligible for the trip to Doncaster as the deals were not done before the 5pm match registration deadline.

 

Thanks for this, mate. Now I'm off to bed too. Not a bad bit of business albeit a bit short on the glamour that most of us expected.

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