Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb has condemned the growing foreign investment in the Premier League and insisted the Teesside club will remain in local hands.

Middlesbrough chairman Colin Gibson has criticised agent Colin Gordon over his recent comments on bungs and revealed he is banned by the Teesside club.

Middlesbrough Football Club’s £7m (€11.1m) damages claim over German international Christian Ziege’s controversial move to Liverpool was thrown out by a High Court judge today.