Mido has urged Middlesbrough fans to give record signing Afonso Alves time to establish himself on Teesside.

"If you want to play in a top Premier League side you have to have competition for places and I believe Afonso is a good signing but he still needs time to adapt to the English game," said Egypt striker Mido.

"We have already seen in training that he is a very good player who scores goals but although we can see he is class it's hard to say how long it will take him to settle in. He's been playing in Holland and the Dutch League is a little bit different to the Premier League."