‘Hell-ball’ is coming to Middlesbrough. At least, that's how we hope Boro's future opponents will feel about it.

Though not yet official, Swedish boss Kim Hellberg is set to become Boro’s new head coach after club officials went down the left-field approach in their search for Rob Edwards’ successor. It feels both exciting and fashionable, but very un- Boro at the same time.

Hellberg will become only the second non-British coach in the club’s history, and represents the first time that Steve Gibson has appointed an in-work manager. In contrast to the unharmonious way in which Wolves poached Edwards from the Riverside, however, The Swedish campaign is currently in the close season, and Hammarby, crucially, were understanding of Hellberg’s desire to leave after consecutive second-place

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