Martin Bids To Fly High At Boro

HE’S made a stuttering start to life with Middlesbrough, but striker Martin Braithwaite believes he can reach for the stars with the north-east club.

- Dan Barnes

West Ham and Southampton were among the clubs linked with the ex-Toulouse captain as he prepared to enter the penultimate year of his contract but an immediate move to the Premier League didn’t come to fruition.

Instead, the 26-year-old Denmark international joined Garry Monk’s Boro for a reported fee of £9million in the summer and a few short months into his Teesside odyssey he couldn’t feel more at ease – and he’s eager for success.

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“We have to not only get back up – we have to get up and get settled in the Premier League,” said the Boro man, who started his career at Esbjerg in his native Denmark.

“There were some other teams interested but they were just focused on survival and I thought there was a longer-term plan here.

“I’m not a guy that likes to settle. I want to have goals and reach for the stars, so that’s what I’m doing.”