Boro are set to finalise a loan move for promising Chelsea defender Tomas Kalas in the next few days, The Gazette understands.
The highly-rated 21-year-old, who can play at right-back or centre-back, spent the first half of the season on loan at Bundesliga club FC Koln.
But Jose Mourinho has terminated the loan deal and looks set to send another of his Blues stars to the Riverside - an agreement that has already benefited the development of Patrick Bamford and Kenneth Omeruo.
Strapping Kalas has already played 17 times for Czech U21 side and once for the seniors. He was thrust into the national spotlight at the end of last season when he started and impressed during Chelsea’s victory against Liverpool at Anfield.
Premier League side QPR have also declared their interest, but Mourinho and the Blues hierarchy are understood to be impressed with the Chelsea-Boro link which yesterday saw striker Bamford extend his stay on Teesside until the end of the season.
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Aitor Karanka confirmed yesterday that he will be delving into the January transfer market as he prepares to lose both Emilio Nsue and Albert Adomah to the African Cup of Nations in the coming weeks.
And the Spaniard has wasted little time, with Kalas expected to wrap up the terms of his short-term move to the North-east in the next few days. The deal is understood to have been agreed between the two clubs.
One man who has left the Riverside is goalkeeper Jason Steele, who completed a permanent move to Blackburn Rovers yesterday.
The 24-year-old initially joined Rovers on a season-long loan at the end of August and has since made 15 appearances for the club.
Rovers are one of the three Championship teams to be handed a January transfer embargo due to breaching Financial Fair Play regulations, but have moved quickly to tie Steele down to a three-and-a-half year contract before the sanctions come into force.
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