Boro chairman wants more success

Posted on 5th September 2007

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson is targeting more success. Under his guidance the club have won a first trophy, reached a European final and established themselves as in the Premier League. However Gibson is not ready to stop and wants more success to follow and believes that manager Gareth Southgate is the man to do it.

“Over the next five years we want to win another cup and we want to be in Europe more often than not,” said Gibson. “We want to make the next ten years more successful than the last ten. We want to continue making and breaking new records for the club.”

Gibson has revealed he is not tempted to sell the club to foreign investors. He believes a locally owned strategy is the way forward for Middlesbrough.

“I'm not concerned with what other clubs do but right now we’re in 12th place in the Premier League and that tells me we are competing. We’ve spent £23m on new players this summer. When I’m asked about the club everything seems to be about money, money, money. But we’ve so much else going for us, like the Academy. You don’t have to spend millions on players. Players like Julio Arca and Luke Young are proving great value for money,” said the Chairman.

As for falling attendances, Gibson believes performances on the pitch are the key to bringing back the missing fans. He said: “We’ve got to let our football do the talking. We’ve got to give Gareth the patience and time to build a team that can bring back the fans.”

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