Middlesbrough take Shay Given on loan from Aston Villa

Goalkeeper will be named in squad for clash with Bolton on Saturday

Shay Given has joined Middlesbrough on loan from Aston Villa. Photograph: : Niall Carson/PA
Shay Given has joined Middlesbrough on loan from Aston Villa. Photograph: : Niall Carson/PA

Middlesbrough have signed Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given on a month's loan Aston Villa.

The 37-year-old, who has also featured for Newcastle and Sunderland in the north east, will go straight into Boro’s squad for the clash with Bolton on Saturday.

The Donegal goalkeeper has not featured for Villa since January.

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