MIDDLESBROUGH are set to make a January move for Jonas Knudsen - with Ipswich boss Paul Lambert increasingly resigned to losing the Danish full-back next month.

Boro tried unsuccessfully to sign Knudsen, who is due to become a free agent at the end of the season, in the summer transfer window.

However, with Tony Pulis determined to provide some competition for George Friend, the Teessiders are set to make a renewed move for the 26-year-old.

Knudsen was an unused substitute as Ipswich suffered a 2-0 defeat at Boro at the weekend, and Lambert accepts there is a good chance he could leave Portman Road before the end of January.

Lambert said: "He (Knudsen) might move. Nobody knows whether he moves. He’s played a lot of games and I had to have a look at Myles (Kenlock), who I thought was excellent for his first game.

"If Jonas goes because of his contract situation then there is nothing we can do. That’s the way it is. It’s his last year contract wise.

"There is no pressure to let Jonas go. I just thought he’d played a lot of games. I thought Myles was excellent. His delivery was excellent and his defending was very, very good.

"As I said before, I’ll try and be fair with everybody and give them a chance."

Rajiv Van La Parra is set to become Boro's first January signing in the next couple of days after watching yesterday's game from the directors' box at the Riverside.

Van La Parra will sign a season-long loan deal from Huddersfield, with a clause for a permanent transfer at the end of the season.