Giles would like to make Boro move permanentpublished at 12:57 27 January
12:57 27 January
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Ryan Giles is in his second loan spell with Middlesbrough
On-loan Middlesbrough defender Ryan Giles says he would consider making the move permanent.
The 25-year-old re-joined Boro for the rest of the season from Hull City last week, having spent the 2022-23 campaign at the Riverside on loan from Wolves.
"Of course I would," Giles told BBC Radio Tees on being asked whether he would like to sign permanently.
"Sometimes things like that are out of my control a bit, I've got to focus on the here and now, there are 17 games to go and just look to give my all in those and what will be will be."
After returning to Wolves in 2023, Giles signed for Luton before moving to Hull for £5m in August 2024.
"The last few years have been a learning curve for me but I've always felt that love here and it's never gone away, and this opportunity to come back was a no-brainer for me," Giles said.
"The move happened for me to go to Luton which was an opportunity to play in the Premier League - something I've always wanted to do since I was a little boy.
"Obviously there are also clubs negotiating things, so it isn't me just saying I want to leave, I want to go to Luton, it wasn't that at all."
The wing-back made his second Boro debut as a second half substitute in Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Preston in the Championship.
"The reception I got from the fans, I can't ask for any more than that.
"We're in a brilliant position, there's a really good squad here and the foundations and fundamentals are there for us to really kick on," he added.
'We shot ourselves in the foot' - Carrickpublished at 18:11 25 January
18:11 25 January
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Middlesbrough manager Michael Carrick says his side "shot themselves in the foot" during their 2-1 defeat to Preston at Deepdale.
Goals from Stefan Stefan Thordarson and Emil Riis secured the victory after Delano Burgzorg levelled for the visitors.
The result leaves Boro in sixth, and although Carrick says they are still very much in the promotion picture, errors cost them.
"Today I thought it was there for us," he told BBC Radio Tees.
"We started well, defended well and took control for large parts.
"There were a couple of moments where we shot ourselves in the foot. The boys are devastated, I'm disappointed. It is a horrible day to be sitting here with nothing.
"We were really good for a lot of the game; when Delano scored, the emotion was great to be part of. We thought it was coming again and it went to other way.
"There is a hell of an opportunity in front of us, an awful lot to play for and big games coming up. We've got to learn.
Boro's top scorer Emmanuel Latte Lath was forced off injured early on in the game, and they face a wait to understand the severity of the issue,
"He felt his groin, how badly and to what extent I don't know as yet, we'll have to wait and see," Carrick added. It was a blow but I felt we dealt with it well and should have won the game."