Boro given green light over Ziege claim

Middlesbrough have been given the green light to pursue their claim for compensation from Liverpool over Christian Ziege’s acrimonious switch to Anfield.

Boro believe Liverpool made an illegal approach to the German prior to offering £5.5m (€8.6m) for his services in August 2000. Ziege had a clause in his contract which allowed him to move if a club offered that sum of money.