Middlesbrough have officially submitted a bid to Bristol City for Wolves linked striker Tommy Conway, according to a report.
Yesterday (July 29) it was reported that Middlesbrough had made an enquiry, but now they have taken it one step further. According to Bristol Live, a bid worth up to £5m has been made by Boro to the Robins. In the report it says that the structure of the deal is ‘heavily incentivised’ and that the West Country club would like more hard cash up front to allow for the transfer to go through.
A move to the Riverside Stadium is far from done, and the door has been opened to other clubs to make a move. Burnley are said to have made a ‘tentative’ enquiry but their valuation of Conway does not align with how City value the Scotland striker.
Middlesbrough finished eighth in the Championship last season, and finished four points off of the play-offs. They may not be the glitz and glamour of the Premier League which Conway may have been hoping for but manager Michael Carrick won’t want to wait around, and is trying to assemble a squad that is capable of competing for promotion this season.
News of Middlesbrough’s bid and Burnley’s enquiry might suggest that interest is cooling from Premier League clubs. Teams such as Wolves, Brentford, Leicester City and Nottingham Forest all have the resources to blow Middlesbrough out of the water, but none of them have made any solid approaches for the 21-year-old yet.
If Wolves and the other clubs were to wait then they could sign him on a free transfer but they would have to pay compensation to Bristol City who brought him through their academy. Bristol City’s stance is that they want to move him on now with the player not a part of their plans for the upcoming season.
He has been made to train with the under-21s after contract talks reached an impasse. His current deal runs until the end of the season, and no progress has been made despite there being an offer on the table for the last 12 months.
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