With six new arrivals and a relatively new-look Middlesbrough squad, Michael Carrick faces new challenges to arrest the slump ...

Here are Carrick’s four biggest challenges. We all know what Ryan Giles is all about from his first spell at the club. He suited Carrick’s preferred playing style, and it’s why the Boro boss ...

Michael Carrick’s Boro side have been in free-flowing ... brimming with youthful exuberance, are perfectly suited to physically. Looking back to the reverse fixture at the Stadium of Light ...

Upon returning last November, he was eased back into the picture by Michael Carrick and ... where the move just suited all parties.

“I’ve had to choose somewhere where I feel my style of football is suited to, and can help ... for a whopping £22m but that has left Michael Carrick’s side desperately short of fire power ...