All change at the Riverside

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate is on the verge of making significant changes to his squad as he prepared to offload the club's last two record signings.

Defender Ugo Ehiogu was training with Rangers as the last remaining details of his move to Glasgow were thrashed out, while Massimo Maccarone's agent revealed he expects the striker to join Italian side Siena, where he spent a successful loan spell in 2004-05, early next week.

With Fabio Rochemback the subject of interest from Sporting Lisbon, Southgate is close to whittling down both the size of his squad as he prepares to sign South Korean striker Lee Dong-Gook, who has agreed to join the Teessiders subject to winning a work permit.

Boro will submit their application next week knowing it will automatically be rejected because the Pohang Steelers striker has not played 75 per cent of his country's international games over the last two years.

They will appeal, as they have done successfully in the past with Alen Boksic and Juninho, on the grounds that but for injuries he would have fulfilled that criterion.

In addition, the club's pursuit of West Brom's £3.5million-rated midfielder Zoltan Gera is ongoing.

Keeper Brad Jones, who has been touted as a possible makeweight in the deal, is said to be considering offers from a series of suitors despite having a two-year deal at the Riverside Stadium on the table.

Southgate has always professed himself happy with his squad, although he is maintaining an interest in Arsenal striker Jeremie Aliadiere.