Middlesbrough are on the verge of signing midfielder Flavio Conceicao on a season-long loan from Real Madrid, according to newspaper reports.

Manager Steve McClaren has become frustrated in his attempts to sign Geremi from the Spanish giants and has now switched his attentions to the 29-year-old Brazilian.

Conceicao's agent Litos told the News of the World: "In the coming week Middlesbrough will send a representative to talk to us so that Flavio can come to England for one year.

"Flavio would accept as long as some conditions are met."