Middlesbrough FC news and transfer rumours: Arsenal and Chelsea linked with youngster plus winger opens up

The 16-year-old forward, son of former Boro midfielder Graham, has come through the club’s academy and impressed for the under-18 side this season.

And according to the Sun, Premier League giants Chelsea and Arsenal are both watching Kavanagh, who recently scored for Middlesbrough Under-18s in a 3-0 win over Liverpool.

The report also claims Boro want to offer Kavanagh a new deal and the youngster wants to stay on Teesside.

Swansea fans make rearrangements

Boro’s Championship meeting with Swansea may have been called off on Saturday, yet that didn’t stop a group of away supporters travelling to the North East.

Swansea fan Steven Carroll and three other Swans supporters were set to fly from Bristol airport on Friday morning before the announcement that Championship fixtures had been suspended.

With flights and hotels already booked, the group still made the trip and were able to attend Saturday’s Northern Premier League Premier Division clash between South Shields and FC United of Manchester.

Plenty of football supporters had the same idea as 3,274 fans attended the match at Mariners Park to see Shields win 5-3.

Boro winger opens up

Finally, Boro winger Marcus Browne says he has played with more freedom since re-signing for Oxford on loan in January.

Browne, who was on loan at Oxford from West Ham last season, endued a difficult start to his Boro career earlier but has flourished since returning to League One.

“There’s more to it than that,” Browne told the Oxford Mail when asked about dropping down a division. “There’s stuff that goes on that’s not seen.

“You go through difficult times in football and for me the first half of the season was probably one of them.

“I struggled to stay in the team at Boro, I was in, I was out. The team wasn’t doing so well and getting changed quite often, so for me it was difficult."

"Coming here (Oxford) I knew the gaffer and worked really well with him.

“He trusts me, so I feel like I can play with that freedom to go and do my thing and enjoy myself.”