Adi Viveash on “superb” start at Middlesbrough

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00:00A.D. Vavish, one of Middlesbrough's new coaches under Rob Edwards,

00:04has described his start to life at the Teesside Club as superb.

00:09Yeah, it's been a really interesting couple of weeks, to be honest.

00:12A bit of a whirlwind before that.

00:15I think I was in my house and sitting in the garden,

00:18and then suddenly three hours later I was on the road travelling up to Rockcliffe,

00:22so it hasn't been a moment's peace, if I'm being honest,

00:25but it's been great to be back in, to meeting everybody.

00:29Everyone's been really welcoming around the club.

00:31Everyone I've met around the towns that I've visited has been superb,

00:36and obviously they're really passionate about their club,

00:38and it's been great to see the players first-hand.

00:41Obviously I've coached against quite a lot of them over the years,

00:44and it's been good to get in amongst it and meet everybody.

00:47You mentioned there that it was a bit of a whirlwind when you joined the club.

00:50Can you give a bit of an insight into how it all came about?

00:53Well, I think as Rob's spoken about, we had some meetings,

00:57and we had a coffee, we had a four-hour coffee that turned into lunch,

01:02talking about many things, about our journeys in coaching,

01:06the play-off final, unfortunately.

01:08We talked about that quite a bit,

01:10and the tactical elements that went into the game,

01:12and we just had a really nice conversation.

01:14And Newcastle United are set to complete the signing

01:17of Nottingham Forest's Sweden international midfielder,

01:21Anthony Alanga, for a fee in the region of £55 million plus bonuses.

01:27Anthony Alanga will become Newcastle United's first signing

01:30of this summer transfer window,

01:32and indeed the club's first major signing

01:34for several transfer windows in a row.

01:37Newcastle, of course, have been hamstrung by PSR constraints,

01:40but with the shackles now released slightly,

01:43Alanga is set to jet into Tyneside to complete his medical,

01:46and join the club from Nottingham Forest.

01:50He will play alongside Swedish compatriot Alexander Isak

01:53in Newcastle's front line,

01:55and will fight for the right-wing position at the club

01:58alongside Jacob Murphy,

02:00who had an excellent season at the Magpies just last year,

02:03firing the club into the Champions League.

02:05Newcastle have been looking for a right-winger

02:07since the Saudi-back takeover of the club

02:09in October of 2021,

02:11with Alanga set to fill that hole.

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