by the looks of things:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/6945790.stm

Is there any way that he's actually going to be good for Boro, even if he gets a game every week?

Middlesbrough seem really unambitious in the transfer market, they've got to start turning things around otherwise they're going to finish further and further down the table...