Trio add to Boro worries

Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren faces another selection headache ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with Arsenal after losing three more key players to injury.

Mark Viduka is out for the rest of the season with a hamstring problem, Bolo Zenden will be sidelined for three weeks with ankle ligament damage and Joseph Job is recovering from an operation to remove fragments of bone from his knee.

In addition, Michael Reiziger (ankle), James Morrison (hernia), Tony McMahon (knee cartilage), Gaizka Mendieta (cruciate ligament) and Malcolm Christie (broken foot) are all still on the casualty list.

Provisional squad: Schwarzer, Jones, Parnaby, Queudrue, Cooper, Southgate, Riggott, Bates, Wheater, Boateng, Parlour, Downing, Doriva, Taylor, Nemeth, Hasselbaink, Graham.