It's official!!, Afonso Alves has finally signed for Middlesbrough with less than half an hour remaining before the transfer windows closes. The fee for Alves is a club record deal, and is believed to be in the region of €20M (£12M) but has remained undisclosed.

Alves has a goalscoring record of 0.7 goals per game and has scored 11 goals in 7 games this season including 7 in one game :)

Hopefully international clearance will come through in time for him to make his debut against the Geordies this weekend!!