It appears that Khouma Babacar is a very popular player indeed, at least in the English Premier League. With Crystal Palace and Watford already making €15 million bids for him, it now appears that Middlesborough want to join in the fun, too.

A number of English sources claim that the Smoggies have also made a €15m bid, which Fiorentina may be more likely to accept. It appears that the Senegalese benchwarmer’s time in Florence is up, with regular playing time nowhere in sight. Moreover, Pantaleo Corvino needs liquidity if he is to make another foray into the transfer market, and this kind of money for Babacar would be hard to ignore.