Alves jets in for Boro

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The 27-year-old Brazil striker flew into Durham Tees Valley Airport at around 9.30am and headed straight for the club's Rockliffe Park training ground to undergo fitness assessments.

Alves signed for Boro just ahead of Thursday night's transfer deadline, but had to wait until Tuesday for the working visa which allowed him to enter the country again.

He will be officially unveiled at a press conference on Thursday, and could then go straight into the squad for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday.

Boro are confident that even a last-gasp legal challenge by AZ Alkmaar, who insisted they had a pre-contract agreement with the then Heerenveen star, cannot affect their ownership of the player.

Manager Gareth Southgate said: "The only thing that can happen is that AZ could have a claims against Heerenveen and possibly against the player as an individual.

"We will have to support him through that, but there's nothing that can affect him being registered as our player.

"We have got international clearance from the Dutch FA, so as far as they are concerned, that's done; he is registered with us and with the Premier League.

"Everything else is a side show, really."