Liverpool lead the race for Downing as Boro fire sale looms

19 May 2009 07:37
Stewart Downing, Tuncay, Afonso Alves and Robert Huth will lead the exodus from Middlesbrough if the club are relegated at West Ham on Sunday. Liverpool are favourites to sign Downing, valued at around £10million, although Tottenham and Aston Villa will also join the fight. Turkey captain Tuncay has attracted interest from Chelsea but former club Fenerbahce want him, too. Brazil striker Alves will spend the summer recovering from a broken metatarsal but that is unlikely to put off Benfica, while Stoke are keen on Huth and had a £5m offer for the defender rejected in January.

Source: Daily_Mail