Inside Boro's transfer window and struggle to find the right striker

Transfer deadline days are becoming increasingly tedious in the modern game, with another passing at Middlesbrough with so little to get excited about. A well-known departure for Morgan Rogers to Aston Villa was only followed by the exits of young players Bryant Bilongo (loan to Ebbsfleet United) and Cal Kavanagh, with the only flicker of interest being that Kavanagh's departure to Bradford City was a permanent one rather than the expected loan. In the modern game where so many clubs have forward-thinking recruitment teams like Boro, that final rush of acts of desperation at the end of transfer windows are becoming far less frequent.