Sunday 29 January 2017 12:41, UK
Middlesbrough head coach Aitor Karanka has promised there is much more to come from new signings Patrick Bamford and Rudy Gestede.
Former Chelsea frontman Bamford and Aston Villa's Gestede have arrived at the Riverside Stadium this month for a combined total of £12m and both started Saturday's 1-0 FA Cup fourth round victory over League Two Accrington Stanley.
Bamford, 23, has played little football since his hugely successful loan spell on Teesside during the 2014-15 campaign and Gestede, 28, spent his final few months at Villa playing a largely peripheral role.
Asked about their respective contributions against Accrington, he replied: "Very good, both of them.
"It's been good for both of them because it's important for them to have minutes.
"Patrick, for example, I'm sure that he's a really good player, but he needs games because the Patrick Bamford of three years ago and two years ago would have scored two or three goals.
"He needs to be more confident. He knows how much I trust him, and Rudy the same.
"He's been with us for two weeks, three weeks, and he is improving, he is fighting a lot, so I am really, really pleased with both of them."
