Boro say Mendieta is there to stay

Middlesbrough have no intention of allowing Spanish superstar Gaizka Mendieta to leave Teesside at the end of the season.

The 29-year-old, who arrived at Boro on loan in August, has a four-year permanent deal which will kick in at the end of the current campaign, and unlike fellow new arrival Danny Mills, who seems likely to return to Leeds in the summer, is here to stay.