Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder has confirmed that the Championship club are closing in on the signing of Manchester City goalkeeper Zack Steffen, insisting it is a "big coup" for the Riverside outfit.
Steffen, who has ambitions of being the USA's starting goalkeeper at the World Cup in Qatar later this year, is poised to join Middlesbrough on a season-long loan deal. It has been reported that he will undergo a medical on Teesside over the weekend ahead of becoming the club's new first-choice goalkeeper.
City, who will get their pre-season schedule under way next Thursday, facing Club America, have already drafted in a new goalkeeper in the form of Stefan Ortega, who is set to replace Steffen as manager Pep Guardiola's second-choice shot-stopper. He will provide competition for Ederson.
