Mowbray relishing return to former club

Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray says he's looking forward to returning to former club Ipswich Town on Saturday.

Mowbray finished his playing career at Portman Road and spent nine years at the club as both a player and a coach. He takes his Middlesbrough side back to Ipswich this weekend in search of three vital league points.

Speaking ahead of the game, he said:

Mowbray is expected to have new signings Kei Kamara and Jacob Butterfield available for the trip to Ipswich. Although Kamara has yet to take part in a training session with his new club after going away on international duty with Sierra Leone shortly after joining.

Mowbray added: "I saw him the day he signed then he left for Sierra Leone. He's just going to meet us at Ipswich so we haven't had a training session with him yet.

"Jacob Butterfield has had a good week's training with us. He's everything we thought he would be regarding his talent."