MICAH HAMILTON is set to make his Middlesbrough debut against Leeds United this evening, with Michael Carrick initially having earmarked the 20-year-old for a right-sided attacking role. Hamilton joined Boro in a permanent move from Manchester City at the end of the week, signing a four-year deal with the Teessiders, but was an unused substitute in Saturday’s season-opening win over Swansea City. He has still only had a handful of training sessions with his new team-mates, but he is match fit after playing with Manchester City throughout pre-season and will be part of the Boro squad that lines up at Elland Road in the Carabao Cup first round.
SUBSCRIBE to The Northern Echo - read the paper on our brand-new app, access premium website content, remove adverts and join our exclusive members-only rewards club “Micah will be involved,” said Carrick. “We’re still managing him and settling him in. He’s been at Man City since he was six, so it’s a big change moving up here.
“He’s had a stop-start couple of weeks really as well, having been away (in the United States with Man City) and therefore not training much last week. We’ll be careful and manage him right, but certainly, he’ll be involved and it’s good to have him. Hopefully, we can get him on the pitch.
” Hamilton could well start on the bench against Leeds, with his attacking versatility having been one of the key reasons why Carrick and the rest of Boro’s recruitment team were so keen to bring him i.