Adilson Malanda spoke of his excitement to get started at Middlesbrough , as his three-year stay at Charlotte came to a disappointing end.

Charlotte lost out to New York City in the MLS Playoff first-round best-of-three contest. New York City emerged victorious from the final, deciding game as 3-1 winners last weekend. It means Malanda’s time at Charlotte is now over, and he moves closer to his move to Boro .

Signed in the summer in a deal believed to be worth just under £6.5 million, the 24-year-old French centre-back was loaned back to Charlotte to allow him to complete the remainder of the MLS campaign. Boro’s agreement to the loan-back clause allowed them to steal a march on rivals to sign the highly-coveted defender.

With Charlotte’s MLS campaign now over, the plan is to allo

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