Boro boss warns Liverpool off star defenders

MIDDLESBROUGH boss Steve McClaren has warned Liverpool to forget trying to sign defenders Franck Queudrue and Chris Riggott.

Rafael Benitez is reportedly preparing to move for the 27-year-old Frenchman and his 25-year-old team-mate during the January transfer window.

But McClaren has told the Merseysiders, who infuriated Boro by their ultimately successful pursuits of both Christian Ziege and Bolo Zenden, that the two men are simply not for sale.