Aitor Karanka is confident that Boro can cope without Damia Abella.
The Spanish right-back suffered a nasty knee injury during Tuesday night’s win in Cardiff.
It looks like he will be sidelined for the foreseeable future, opening the door for Ryan Fredericks.
The 21-year-old loan signing from Spurs is favourite to replace Abella, though Emilio Nsue can play at right-back.
Karanka said: “It is a position where we had a problem last season but now we have two options in Damia and Ryan and I trust in them 100%.”
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The Boro boss said when he signed Nsue that he would only play him at right-back as a last resort.
But he has added that he has complete faith in the 24-year-old.
“Emilio can play in several positions,” he added.
“He can play at right-back, on the right-wing, on the left-wing and that’s very important when you don’t have a very big squad.
“Ryan’s a very good kid,” Karanka continued, “he played 14, 15 games with Millwall last season so he knows the Championship.
"We have two options now for Saturday and I will try to choose the best one.”
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