MIDO has finally completed his £6m move from Tottenham to Middlesbrough, and Gareth Southgate has admitted that he is thinking of throwing him straight into tomorrow's Premier League away game at Fulham.
The Egypt international signed a four-year deal at the Riverside earlier today after watching Wednesday night's defeat at Wigan from the directors' box at the JJB Stadium.
Mido made 35 Premier League starts during his two-and-a-half seasons at Tottenham, and Southgate will be hoping that he can prove a like-for-like replacement for the recently-departed Mark Viduka.
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