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Futures hang in the balance as boss calls a summit meeting
GARETH Southgate has called
all his squad in for meeting today
with several apparently on their
way out of the club.
The Boro boss will not have
long to savour an 8-1 win over
Manchester City - the club's
biggest top flight victory for 58
years - before he decides who he
wants to stay and who can leave
the Riverside before the start of
next season.
Mark Schwarzer and Fabio
Rochemback appear near certainties
to leave with former skipper
George Boateng among those
whose future's are in the balance.
Schwarzer has been linked
with Juventus, Fiorentina and
Bayern Munich while Rochemback
is expected to return to
Sporting Lisbon.
"I'm going to be speaking to
the whole squad - I've asked all
the players to come in tomorrow,"
confirmed Southgate
"There's been no decisions
made on any players.
"Fabio Rochemback is a talented
player and if a talented
player is given time on the ball
then he can destroy teams as he
showed.
"I'm still surprised Afonso
Alves allowed him to take the
free-kick but it shows the talent
Fabio has."
Rochemback was one of five
scorers as Boro destroyed a City
side whose minds appeared to be
on the future of their manager
Sven-Goran Eriksson.
The Swede is expected to be
sacked this week and his final
game in charge produced City's
worst performance for years.
Richard Dunne's sending off
after 15 minutes set the tone with
Afonso Alves scoring a hat-trick
and Stewart Downing (2) the
main beneficiaries.
Rochemback and substitutes
Adam Johnson and Jeremie
Aliadiere were also on target as
Boro registered one of the
biggest wins in their history.
Southgate said: "It was a mad boss calls a summit meeting
8:54am Monday 12th May 2008
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