ARSENAL striker Folarin Balogun is at the top of new Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder’s shopping list.
Wilder knows his old club Sheffield United are also keen on the 20-year-old hitman.
But he was at the England Under-21 game to watch ‘Flo’ first-hand last week.
Boro need more firepower and Wilder has been told he will get funds to land players in the new year market.
The Gunners are yet to decide what to do with Balogun in the second half of the season but if he goes out on loan there will be a sizeable queue.
Wilder was named Boro boss last week, after eight months out of a job.
The 54-year-old achieved promotion with Sheffield United in 2019 and hopes to do it again with Middlesbrough.
He said: “We will all do whatever we can to get back to the Premier League.
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“I’ve got to climb another mountain and that’s what it’s all about. I wouldn’t be sat here if I didn’t think I could do that.
“It’s got to be our ambition to get back to the Premier League. We all want to be playing the big guns and that has got to be my ambition and the staff’s as well.
“The supporters want the big names to be coming here and seeing their side take them on. It’s a long way off at the moment, but we dare to dream.”
Middlesbrough and Sheffield United both sit in the bottom half of the Championship but remain in the race for Balogun.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
