MILLWALL boss Mark McGhee is determined to help Noel Whelan recapture his old form after brokering a season-long loan deal for the Middlesbrough player.

The Boro striker was farmed out temporarily to Crystal Palace during the last campaign and is still deemed surplus to requirements on Teesside. And McGhee, whose Lions face Sunderland a week on Saturday at the Stadium of Light, is convinced he can help the 29-year-old get back to his best.

Whelan was bought for £2m by former boss Bryan Robson in July 2000, but scored just once for Boro last season.

McGhee said of the former England Under-21 international: "In the last couple of years, he's not quite been the player that he was and I'm hoping we can galvanise him once more."

Boro's second-choice goalkeeper Mark Crossley has been named in the Wales squad to face Serbia & Montenegro on August 20.

The European Championship qualifier will be taking place in the Red Star Belgrade Stadium and Crossley is one of four goalkeepers vying for a starting berth.

Leicester's Danny Coyne, Southampton's Paul Jones and Nottingham Forest's Darren Ward have all been named by boss Mark Hughes.

Crossley has been targeted by Birmingham City and Stoke City this summer and admitted he may have to leave the Riverside to strengthen his international hopes.

The latest player to have been linked with a move to Boro is Cameroon midfielder Salomon Olembe.

His French club, Marseille, are reported to have offered the 22-year-old to a host of Premiership outfits, with Steve McClaren's men being one of them.

Meanwhile, former Ipswich Town boss George Burley is interested in taking former Boro striker Alun Armstrong to Derby County.

Burley signed Armstrong for £800,000 in December 2000 from Boro, while he was in charge at Portman Road.

And now the Scot is hoping to fend off competition from Rotherham and Stoke to win his signature once again

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