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Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg has said he believes Hayden Hackney wants to stay with the Championship club.
Manchester United are reportedly interested in the 23-year-old midfielder. A move there would reunite him with former Boro boss Michael Carrick, who is in interim charge at Old Trafford.
Tottenham and Everton have also been linked with Hackney, who has played 29 times for Boro this season.
“He’s very important, of course. He’s
In collecting 12 points out of 12 to start his time at Boro, Hellberg has matched the record of Rob Edwards earlier this season.
But Edwards only won three of his next 10 games before his switch to Premier League bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
One notable feature since Hellberg took charge is the blistering starts that Boro have made.
In the last three wins over Hull City, Charlton Athletic and
A few weeks ago, few on Teesside would have known who Hellberg was, but the man who guided Hammarby to successive runners-up finishes in Sweden’s Allsvenskan, is making a great impression at his new club.
After three fine wins, his side showed plenty of confidence against a QPR side that had travelled north on the back of four wins in five.
Only a crucial last-ditch block from Amadou Mbengue and
Hellberg: ‘Our players were absolutely brilliant’ vs Hull. Audio, 5 minutesHellberg: ‘Our players were absolutely brilliant’ vs Hull
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Hellberg has been undertaking a crash course in the Championship, by taking in as many matches as possible.
He watched Hull’s win at Stoke last Saturday on television in the build-up to his own game at The Riverside, as well as many other matches in the league.
The Swede also has been studying Boro’s play over a number of years to try to build up a picture of what style
“Whenever a manager comes into a football club, ultimately the first thing they need to do is get results and he’s [Kim Hellberg] done that. It was a great start.”
The 72+ team are joined by ex-Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith to talk about high-flying Championship pair Boro and Millwall, along with struggles at Swansea, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale and Bristol Rovers.
Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg led his side to victory
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Kim Hellberg praised a “brilliant” performance from Alex Bangura, insisting the defender showed players can force their way into his plans with effort on the training ground.
Bangura, 26, has not played for Boro for 18 months, with his last appearance coming at the end of the 2023-24 season.
But after impressing the new manager in two sessions at training this week he was rewarded with a start and 90
Hellberg had taken the reins from caretaker manager Adi Viveash this week, setting sights on the Premier League but vowing not to change the team’s playing style despite a recent dip in form.
In starting with a win, and particularly in this manner having been outplayed by Derby in the first 45 minutes, he made the perfect introduction to the Boro faithful.
It was far from the perfect start for
