Aitor Karanka says Boro will end the transfer window in a stronger position than when the September deadline day passed.
The club have added two new players to the first team squad so far this month, with Tomas Kalas arriving on loan and Adam Forshaw joining from Wigan.
Departures include loan signings Jamal Blackman and Milos Veljkovic, who have returned to Chelsea and Tottenham respectively, and Andy Halliday, who has joined Bradford City.
“I think the squad is complete now,” said Karanka.
“I can feel that now. I think we are in a better position now than when the last transfer window closed in September.
“We have lost Milos, but in his position Adam has come in.
“We have also signed Tomas Kalas, and that is very good for us. I am very pleased with the squad.”
Karanka expects to include injured duo Mustapha Carayol and Ryan Fredericks in his first team squad sooner rather than later.
And full-back Damia Abella could make a competitive return in March.
“I hope Carayol will be with us soon,” he added.
“He is closer than a week ago, but it’s not going to be within the next week or so because he’s coming back from 11 months out.
“He needs to be confident, and to do that, you need to play games. He needs more minutes, and he needs to play some real football.
“He needs time, but the main thing is that the injury is behind him, he is happy and he is training very well.
“Maybe, in another month or so, we will have Damia back with us too.”
Forshaw, meanwhile, could make his Boro debut in today’s televised clash against Brentford at Griffin Park but won’t be in the starting XI according to the head coach.
“At the beginning, for sure, he is not going to play but during the game I don’t know,” Karanka said.
“It depends how the game is going, it depends how the players are during the game.
"I can’t say now if he is going to play.”
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