Middlesbrough have announced former Scotland striker Joe Jordan has joined the Premier League club to help caretaker boss Steve Agnew.

The Teessiders parted company with head coach Aitor Karanka on Thursday, placing assistant Agnew in charge of first-team affairs as he prepares the players for tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Manchester United at the Riverside Stadium.

Agnew has now turned to 65-year-old Jordan, who also worked alongside Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur and Queen’s Park Rangers, to give him some guidance for the challenges ahead.

Middlesbrough also confirmed goalkeeping coach Marcos Abad, analysts Juanjo Vila and Guillermo Salinas had all now left the club “as part of a backroom re-shuffle.”

Former Boro skipper Nigel Pearson has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite to succeed Karanka.

However, chairman Steve Gibson may yet decide to leave Agnew at the helm for the final 11 games of the campaign as they look to stave off the threat of relegation back to the Championship.

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