Boro turn down Alves approach

Middlesbrough have rejected an offer of around £3m for record signing Afonso Alves.

Mon, 20 Jul, 2009 - 13:09

Middlesbrough have rejected an offer of around £3m for record signing Afonso Alves.

Manager Gareth Southgate has confirmed the Teessiders have been contacted by an unnamed club, understood to be from the United Arab Emirates, about the 28-year-old Brazilian.

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