With Middlesbrough’s squad full heading into the January transfer window and Michael Carrick admitting he was happy with his squad, you’d have been forgiven for expecting a quiet month on Teesside.

Alas, now a fortnight into the window, there are many situations currently live and active from a Boro perspective. It follows Isaiah Jones’s permanent exit to Luton Town, while alternative loan moves have also been found for Sammy Silvera and Zach Hemming already this month.

With so much going on, both in regard to incomings and outgoings at Boro, we round-up the latest on each developing situation as they currently stand.

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Ryan Giles

Michael Carrck has wanted to re-sign Ryan Giles since the moment his loan came to an end in the summer of 2023. The closest they came was the most recent summer transfer window after his switch from Luton Town to Hull City.

With the Tigers in a precarious financial position, there were ongoing talks over the summer about a potential move to Boro - though ultimately they just did not materialise into a move back to the Riverside for the left-back.

Unsurprisingly, however, with Giles still not enjoying the best of times at the MKM Stadium, and with Hull in need of funds to help new boss Ruben Selles put his own stamp on the squad, the Giles situation is alive again and being explored by Boro this month.

Nothing is believed to be advanced at this stage, but talks remain ongoing with Hull and Giles seemingly desperate to get a deal done as soon as possible. From Boro’s perspective, however, a left-back is not a priority signing this month and, as was the case in the summer, they will only do a deal if the finances of the deal are right for them. Not meeting Hull’s summer demands were a big factor in the deal collapsing at that stage, but there remains fresh hope that Hull’s situation will result in their asking price dropping this month.

George Edmundson

Enjoying an excellent loan spell at the club, Boro have made a surprise move to sign George Edmundson permanently from Ipswich Town this month. Talks with the Tractor Boys remain ongoing after Boro’s initial offer - said from the Ipswich end to be £350k up front with another £350k on top if Boro win promotion - was rejected.

The centre-back is out of contract at the end of the season, which is why the move to make the loan defender a permanent signing is a surprise one, but Carrick and Jonathan Woodgate are said to be delighted with his time on Teesside so far and want to secure his longer-term future right away.

As well as securing a longer-term future for the 27-year-old, doing a permanent deal now would free up an extra loan spot, with Boro only able to name five loan players in each match-day squad. Edmundson and Ben Doak are the only two loanees currently, but Boro are exploring a potential loan move for Mark Travers from Bournemouth (see below) and as the window progresses, should any other situations develop that require signings, loans become easier to complete and make sense in many scenarios to cover the club until the summer - a window always easier to purchase longer-term project players.

The priority remains permanent signings for now, but Luke Ayling last January was an example where making a loan signing made sense to cover the short term - albeit that deal then had longer-term implications as Ayling joined on a free last summer at the end of his Leeds United contract.

Emmanuel Latte Lath

As things stand, Atlanta United remains the only offer on the table for Boro to consider for Emmanuel Latte Lath. Talks have been ongoing since the weekend when the MLS side tabled an offer said to be worth £18m up front, with another £2 million in add-ons - which would be an MLS transfer record.

Atlanta are also said to be offering the player a huge salary increase. Though there remains interest from Premier League clubs, as yet, there are no other concrete offers in for the striker.

Though some reports have suggested talks have advanced, nothing is understood to be agreed between the two clubs yet and Teesside Live understands that Latte Lath was still at Middlesbrough as of Wednesday morning.

But with an exit looking increasingly likely at this stage, Boro have begun work on the targets they have in mind if Latte Lath does opt to leave. Peterborough’s Ricky-Jade Jones has been mentioned. He’s a player Boro have watched and have on their list of strikers of potential interest. But it’s not known at this stage if the 22-year-old, also wanted by Cardiff City this month, would feature on Boro’s shortlist of potential Latte Lath replacements.

Mark Travers

Boro have been taking a close look at their goalkeeper department this month, with Sol Brynn facing a lengthy spell out with a shoulder injury, and Seny Dieng struggling with a hip flexor issue that has seen him sidelined since last month.

One option they were exploring was a loan move for Bournemouth’s Mark Travers, though they are understood to face competition from Watford. Nothing was able to move on that front until today at the earliest, because the Cherries needed Travers for Tuesday night’s draw with Chelsea because Kepa Arrizabalaga is on loan from the Blues.

That game ended 2-2 but Travers made eight saves in the game and was said to have been solid throughout. It’s likely that situation will now develop, with the Ireland international seemingly keen to head out and play football, while the Cherries still have promising young shot-stopper Will Dennis is reserve.

Ben Doak

There remains plenty of Premier League interest in the Liverpool loan star this month, and the Reds would be willing to sell - though appear to be holding out for £30m, which is said to be putting suitors off.

As things stand, Doak remains at Boro, with Liverpool said to be happy with how his loan spell at the Riverside is going. They’re happy to let him stay until the end of the season should no club meet their demands.