Under-pressure Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate has hinted he is searching for a new striker following Caleb Folan's injury.
Republic of Ireland international Folan tore a hamstring in training earlier this month shortly after he agreed to move on loan from Hull.
Now Southgate is considering bringing in a new forward after hearing Folan will be sidelined for six weeks.
"We've got to make sure we have good strikers available. In many ways it's the most important area," he told Sky Sports.
"Caleb's injury is a relatively long one so it's something we`ll have to look at. We still have three strikers fit and we've got competition for places.
"What we will look at is whether we've got the right sort of cover for all situations. It's something we are looking at closely."
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come on southgate do the decent thing and f***k O** somewhere else to make them suffer like we have to week in week out
Just how long has it taken Southgate to work out that scoring goals is possibly the most important area, impressive!
come on southgate get this club back to basics , man down the middle ,2 wide men whipping the ball in, midfield pushing up to support the attack .defence doing the defending ,ball to feet lets play football
as a boro fan i think all 95 % of our signins under southgate have been @#$%!!!!! the best one was sanli but he left to stay in premierleague.
strikers he will probably buy a box cf matches
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