Boro reveal Shepherd help on Porritt future

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has revealed that his club approached his Newcastle counterpart Freddy Shepherd to end any interest in Boro youngster Nathan Porritt.

The Football Association and the Premier League have launched an investigation into the BBC Panorama programme ‘Undercover: Football’s Dirty Secrets’, in which the then 15-year-old’s agent Peter Harrison was filmed discussing a possible move away from Teesside for Porritt without Boro’s knowledge.