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Middlesbrough ‘hope’ to confirm deal with INEOS-owned club for striker in ‘the next 48 hours’

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Middlesbrough have been on the hunt for a striker to help bolster Rob Edwards’ squad.

It’s been a brilliant start for Boro, who have won all three games and sit joint-top of the Championship table.

Hayden Hackney is still at the Riverside Stadium with less than a week of the window left too and with a few days of the window to go, another new face is seemingly on his way to Teesside.

Mamdou Kaly Sene of Grasshopper Club Zürich during the Swiss Super League match between Grasshopper Club Zürich and Young Boys
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Middlesbrough closing in on free-scoring striker

EFL Analysis can exclusively reveal that Middlesbrough are close to signing Kaly Sene from INEOS-owned Swiss side Lausanne Sport.

Our Chief Football Correspondent Graeme Bailey revealed that the former Juventus striker is set to fly to England for a medical and hopefully be confirmed within the next 48 hours.

Sene has been in great form for the side owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who has a minority stake in Manchester United, after making a blistering start to the season with three goals in five games.

Matt Targett close to swapping Tyneside for Wearside

It’s not just Sene who is on his way to the Riverside Stadium with Bailey adding that Boro also hope to finalise a deal to sign left-back Matt Targett.

Targett is available after falling out of favour at Newcastle United and is one step away from joining after Edwards confirmed he is ‘getting close’ to making more additions.

If both signings are here in time, they could make their debuts against Sheffield United.