According to the club: “The Boro players were put through their paces with a series of fitness drills before completing the morning with a challenging endurance-testing running drill.

“The boss has welcomed Darragh Lenihan, Paddy McNair and Anfernee Dijksteel back from injury, but is without Chuba Akpom and Matthew Hoppe, who have both remained in the UK for treatment on minor injuries.


“A number of young players have joined the group in Portugal including summer signing Terrell Agyemang, and teenagers Sonny Finch, Jack Stott, and Nathan Fisher”.