Boro wait on Huth and Young

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate must give late fitness tests to Robert Huth and Luke Young ahead of his side’s Barclays Premier League trip to Chelsea on Sunday.

Huth was forced to sit out of midweek action with Germany due to a foot injury and is rated a major doubt, while Young is on the road to recovery after sustaining a hamstring injury last week.

To make matters worse for Southgate, he is also still without suspended pair Mido and Fabio Rochemback.

Provisional squad: Schwarzer, Turnbull, Young, Wheater, Pogatetz, Huth, Taylor, Grounds, O’Neil, Boateng, Shawky, Downing, Johnson, Cattermole, Tuncay, Alves, Aliadiere.