da heads bet: According to reports in the Daily Mirror, Middlesbrough are ready to pip Leeds United to the £5m signing of Norwich City midfielder Jonny Howson.
da winzada777: The former Leeds star is keen to return up north after turning down the offer of a new deal from the Canaries, which was news that alerted the Whites and Boro, according to the Daily Mirror.
The fact that Garry Monk controversially quit the Yorkshire outfit and took over at the Riverside Stadium this summer makes a potential deal even more interesting, with the Teesside outfit said to be in the driving seat to sign the 29-year-old because of their Premier League parachute payments.
Leeds supporters were quick to react to the rumour via social media, and while some are still feeling bitter towards Monk and want the club to beat him to Howson, others say they don’t believe he was ever a target after the former Swansea City boss left.
Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…