Boro have signed Real Madrid goalkeeper Tomás Mejías Osorio on loan until the end of the season
Riverside Stadium
Boro have snapped up goalkeeper Tomás Mejías Osorio on loan from Real Madrid for the rest of the season.
Paperwork to bring the 25-year-old Spaniard to the Riverside Stadium was done on transfer deadline day (January 31) but the club have had to wait for international clearance before they could confirm his arrival.
Osorio will be well-known to Boro boss Aitor Karanka who was assistant manager to Jose Mourinho at the Bernabeu Stadium until the summer.
He has played for Spain’s Under-19s and Under-20s and had made more than 140 appearances for Real’s B and C teams, their Academy and second team.
He was captain of Real Madrid Castilla, the club’s second team, this season.
He made his first team debut when playing the last 10 minutes of a 4-0 home win over Getafe in 2011.
Boro had hoped to keep former Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given beyond the end of his current emergency loan spell, but a deal could not be reached and he will return to parent club Aston Villa at the end of the month.
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