Former Middlesbrough striker Mikkel Beck feels new signing Viktor Fischer will need time to settle.

Now an agent based in Monaco, Beck says he knows all about the talents Fischer possesses and believes the winger's move to England can reignite his promising career.

“I know all about Viktor – he's Danish," said Beck to Boro's website. “He's someone who came up very young and was only about 18-years-old when he started playing for Ajax.

“He had a very promising start but sadly for him injuries have more or less stopped his progression.

“He's had a few difficult years so I think this move was important for him to get away from Ajax and start out at a new club to kick-start his career. That's how I see it.

“Viktor's a footballer who often plays out wide, but maybe not a typical winger. More a winger who moves a lot and wants to be in the game.

“He's not an out and out winger who wants to go past people all of the time, he comes central and joins in the game.

“But he can also play just behind the striker where he moves around a bigger target man. He's a good football player.

“We'll have to see how he adapts to English football. What will be the biggest challenge for him will be the physical side because he's not really the strongest built player.

“It will be interesting to see how he copes with the physicality of English football because technically he is sound and there will be no problems there."