Middlesbrough could be closing in on the addition of a new backroom team member for Michael Carrick this week.
It has been a hectic summer at the Riverside Stadium so far with Michael Carrick reshaping his squad ahead of the 2024/25 Championship season.
Middlesbrough have made three first-team signings so far; Luke Ayling, Aidan Morris, and Delano Burgzorg.
The Teessiders then signed 16-year-old centre-back, Harley Hunt, who was wanted by two Premier League clubs.
The incomings are not expected to stop there, though. Boro News understands Middlesbrough are looking at the foreign market to strengthen the left-wing position.
Middlesbrough’s striker plans for the remainder of the 2024 summer transfer window also mean they could explore the loan market to bolster their attacking ranks.
It is not just players that have arrived at Boro this summer, however, with Graeme Carrick replacing Aaron Danks as a member of his brother’s coaching staff.
Middlesbrough could sign Nathan Kirby
Now, another backroom addition could be added to Carrick’s team before the start of the new season.
As per journalist Sacha Tavolieri, writing on X/Twitter, Standard Liege video analyst Nathan Kirby is expected to leave the club after their meeting with K.R.C. Genk on July 28th.
It is added Kirby is in demand in England and could join Middlesbrough.
Kirby joined the Belgian side as their Video Analysis Manager in June 2023, working closely with manager Carl Hoefkens to help Standard Liege secure a 10th-place league finish.
Who is Nathan Kirby?
Kirby graduated from Southampton Solent University in June 2018 finishing with a 2:1 after studying football coaching, psychology, football development, and fitness in football and football management.
He then became Head of Academy Performance Analysis at Basingstoke Town for 18 months before joining Barnsley.
Kirby held various roles with the Yorkshire outfit including Head Of Performance Analysis and First Team Performance Analyst.
The Englishman spent nearly five years with Barnsley before a brief spell in Turkey with Besiktas where he was a First Team Performance Analyst.